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Book review

The Theory

of

Everything

By Stephen William Hawking

S tephen William Hawking was an English OF THE UNIVERSE

Sixth lecture- THE DIRECTION OF TIME
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and
author who, at the time of his death, was Seventh lecture- THE THEORY OF EVERY-
director of research at the Centre for Theo- THING
retical Cosmology at the University of He briefly describes the universe’s ideas
Cambridge. He was one of the world’s from Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, Augus-
greatest minds: a brilliant theoretical tine, Humble, Friedman, Galileo and many
physicist whose work helped to more scientists and philosophers. For
reconfigure models of the universe and to example, in 1928, an Indian astronomer,
redefine what is in it. Subramanyam Chandrashekhar calculated
In THE THEORY OF data gold Star of more than
EVERYTHING, Hawking about one and half times the
presents a series of seven mass of Sun would not be able to
lectures in which he lays support itself against its own
out, more clearly and con- gravity. This mass is now
cisely than his any other acknowledged as the
books. These essays cap- Chandrashekhar limit.
ture not only the brilliance
of Hawking’s mind but his Lecture one of the books is
characteristic wit as well. about ideas of universe, where
First lecture – IDEAS he explains the origin of
ABOUT THE UNIVERSE universe or the Big Bang and
Second lecture- THE illuminated some theories like
EXPANDING UNIVERSE expansion of the universe. This
Third lecture- BLACK chapter gave many ancient theo-
HOLE ries on universe evaluation. This lecture is
Fourth lecture- BLACK HOLES AINT’T a flashback to the history of scientific
SO BLACK development in which the old ideas of the
Fifth lecture- THE ORIGIN AND FATE beginning of the universe are discussed.
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