The Universe In A Nutshell: the beautifully illustrated follow up to Professor Stephen Hawking’s bestselling masterpiece A Brief History of Time

This book is well presented but it is a much harder read then A Brief History of Time. The reader needs a pretty solid foundation in theoretical mathematics and a fair knowledge of particle physics. For example an appreciation of imaginary time vide imaginary numbers - is helpful to say the least. It needs dogged determination to get through some chapters. Still, good value for money and mind expanding, if you let it.

I recommend the hardcover book as it will probably be read a thousand times, the book was in mint condition so credit to the seller. Good quality glossy pages especially for pictures. Very well written as you would expect, and a well maintained explanation with huge amounts of information to get the brain working, just right for those of us without a million science degrees. A good price i thought.

I do like science books and my library is 70% science books, I can say though that it seemed to be tailored for a broader market. For those that are not used to reading these books. I cannot give it less stars as it was rather comprehensive; and it was meant for that market as an almost zeg-way into the field.But I do prefer his newer books.

I bought this book for my partner and he love's this book. He's not a great reader, but he said he thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it hard to put down, he said it's just so interesting.

I don't understand all of this but it is written for the average person. There are some good diagrams in the book to assist the reader. if you liked a 'Brief History...' you will probably get on with this.

I love Stephen Hawking - such an incredible mind. To paraphrase Einstein, you don't truly understand something unless you can explain it simply; Professor Hawking does a remarkable job, and it's highly entertaining too.

I bought this for a friend as I already owned a copy, which I bought new and kept in excellent condition. But I was surprised to find this 'used' copy was in even better condition than mine!

A very easy to read illustrated description of the big ideas of The Universe comparing to A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.