The Illustrated A Brief History of Time: Updated and Expanded Edition

I have the original - now I have the illustrated version.

I've had this book for a while now.it's probably, and indead almost hopefully out of date. by which i mean i hope new discoveries by either hawking or his eminent fellows of made this book defunct.Because otherwise this is the fundemental guide to our universe (Or at least our conception of it), say what you will about hawking, his book provides perhaps the most basic, digestible view of our universe ever published. no maths, no graphs just the concept based on what people who've spent a life time of study know. it's a really great book.Most importantly, the 'illustrations' make the concepts the book explains utterly clear, which is what makes the books so perfect. There are no doubt books that define our observed universe in more detail or through more accurate details but with that comes a cost, a cost in basic understanding. 'A Breif History of time' might not thoroughly explain the 'how' of the universe in mechanical detail but it does paint the broadest fullest picture of concepts and ideas otherwise limited to the wonderfully clever scientific elite.good book this.

Cant give this a full review as I've only read a little bit of this so far, but what I will say is that the book itself is very nice, the illustrations seem very helpful (I'm definitely glad I got the illustrated version) and its not too sciencey (so far) so it seems a great starting point for novices to this subject.

It is a bit strange when dilettante writes a review on the book that already had a world-wide success. But, anyway, it is instructive, passionate and entertaining reading even for dilettantes.

Good book to read, easy to understand.

Great read

I bought this book for a friend. It arrived both swiftly and well packaged. My friend loved it. Very pleased with this purchase.

Arrived in good time. I made it a present. My friend enjoyed