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"We are lucky to live in an age in which we are still making discoveries. It is like the discovery of America - you only discover it once. The age in which we live is the age in which we are discovering the fundamental laws of nature". Today we are closer than ever before to understanding the nature of the universe. The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. "A Briefer History of Time" attempts to explain a range of subjects in cosmology and the most imortant concepts in a clear and leisurely manner to the nonspecialist reader. "Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth." Considering Stephen Hawking's great mind and sense of humour, reading this book makes it a rather delightful and special experience. You can't stop admiring Hawking's playful approach, sharing the excitement of some new discoveries and the new picture of reality that is emerging as a result. We live in a strange and wonderful universe. Its age, size, violence, and beauty require extraordinary imagination to appreciate. The place humans hold within this vast cosmos can seem pretty insignificant. And so we try to make sense of it all and to see how we fit in. "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special"Read full review
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