Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained

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Summary: Fabulous book
Review: This book starts with Ptolemy, proceeds to Galileo and eventually to Einstein and Planck. Any one who has ever been interested in science will love this book.

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Summary: Excellent cosmology book for begginers
Review: When I first saw this book, I thought it was going to be a little difficult to read and understand. I started reading it and it became clear that it was very easy to understand. Filkin begins the book with information about the early astronomers who tried to explain the cosmos with no scientific instruments at all. The book works up through all of the other very important astronomers of all time to the present day greats such as Stephen Hawking. The later part of the book focuses more on the origin of the universe and the search for the one theory to connect everything in the universe together. There is also information on black holes and such. Again, this book is good for begginers, but also anyone interested in astronomy and the origin of the universe. For anyone looking for more information about this subject, I would recomend Stephen Hawking`s "A Brief History of Time"