Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking was the first physics book I finished. Stephen Hawking, the renowned pop-star theoretical physicist, has done a great job in writing a book which can be read by average readers!
Though it is a little old compared to today's science. I assure you that you will receive a lot of knowledge after reading the book. A book required for any science enthusiast. This is a small book, so you can finish in 2 days!
I'm going to give an outline of the book. Don't worry, this won't be counted as spoilers. This is not a storybook!
OUR PICTURE OF UNIVERSE
Hawking travels through time to show us the mankind's interpretation of the world. From the earth standing on top of tortoises to flat-earthers to Copernican theory (The Earth is spherical). From static universe to an ever-expanding universe!
QUANTUM MECHANICS
The well-known but not well-understood theory is the Quantum Mechanics. The book teaches us the Uncertainty principle and a lot more, which makes to gasp.
BLACK HOLES
Stephen Hawking was an expert in Black Holes. Black holes are the afterlives of big stars. It is so huge in mass (About 4 times the sun), but are so small in volume (Size of Manhattan). They are capable of piercing through the spacetime and freezes time. Thus, causing singularity.
THE GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
This is the final and the greatest goal of physics. To unify all the laws of physics into a single equation. The book tells about our accomplishment and our future accomplishment yet to be discovered!
You can buy the Illustrated Brief History of Time here via Amazon. The first is the new one. And the second is an old version but much cheaper.
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