BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS (B PB )

Stephen Hawking’s Brief Answers to the Big Questions explores some of humanity’s most fascinating questions, including the existence of God, time travel, artificial intelligence, space colonization, and the future of humanity. Written in Hawking’s clear and accessible style, it makes complex scientific ideas understandable for general readers. The book’s greatest strength is its ability to combine science with big philosophical questions. Some topics are naturally speculative, but Hawking presents them in a thought-provoking and engaging way. Overall: ⭐ 4.5/5 A fascinating and accessible book for anyone curious about science, the universe, and humanity’s future.

In past few years this is the only book I finished very quickly. Felt like having one on one lecture with Dr. Hawking.

Published posthumously, this book brings together Stephen Hawking’s final thoughts on ten of the most profound questions we face. His daughter, Lucy Hawking, and the Stephen Hawking Estate were closely involved in shaping this collection, ensuring it reflects his voice and vision. This is Stephen Hawking’s final message to the world — a collection of ten essays tackling some of the most pressing and profound issues of our time. The chapters span a wide range of topics: from the existence of God and the future of artificial intelligence, to whether time travel is possible and how we might survive as a species. What makes the book compelling is Hawking’s ability to engage with such heavy questions without losing sight of his audience. He never talks down to the reader, yet he rarely lets the science become impenetrable. Two chapters especially stood out to me. Chapter 1, where he addresses the question “Is there a God?”, is striking for its clarity and honesty. While he’s respectful in tone and careful not to ruffle religious feathers unnecessarily, he is still frank and direct in stating his views. And Chapter 5, on black holes, is probably the most accessible and elegant explanation of the subject I’ve come across. Hawking distills decades of research into a few pages of crisp, often witty, insight. That said, despite Hawking’s efforts to simplify concepts and keep a touch of humour throughout, the book does get a bit dry at times — an understandable challenge given the complexity of the material. Some chapters are simply more engaging than others. Still, this book is a wonderful parting gift — a thoughtful, accessible summary of how Stephen Hawking saw the universe, our role in it, and the questions that should drive us forward. Highly recommended for anyone curious about science, philosophy, or the future of humanity. Pros: Ambitious questions, clearly explained science, and Hawking’s trademark curiosity. Cons: Occasional dry stretches and uneven pacing across chapters.

This book starts with an excellent, insightful Introduction by Prof. Kip Thorne on the life and contributions by Hawking. I am awestruck by the fact that Prof. Hawking was laid to rest between Newton and Darwin! What a wonderful tribute to Hawking! What an amazing foresight by the British in honouring him so. Do not miss reading the tribute to her father by Lucy Hawking in the Afterword. This is a book meant for lay folks who, at one time or other, did ask some one (or wanted to ask) one of the Big questions listed in this book. Many of the concepts and descriptions here are familiar to those who have read his previous books. Foreword, Introduction and Afterword are unique in this last book in the name of Hawking. Liked this hard cover edition, and the picture in the jacket.

I have chosen a career of Theoretical Physics not randomly but because of my intense curiosity of knowing about this universe in an abstract way since I was born. I am a 15 year old and I found this book by Sir Stephen Hawking a true interesting and easy to read if you understand astrophysics and having questions stuck in your mind mentioned behind and in the index of this book. From the foreword from Eddie Redmayne to the last question 'Will Artificial Intelligence outsmart us?' I found every detailed of this book. If you're calling this book boring you may have not understood it. Well looking for more books from the same author and related to Theoretical Physics. Thank you for reading the review

When it comes about Hawking's book I always get so excited. Hawking being suffered from ALS, nevertheless he brought cosmology to the home of a reader and acquired a special position in the reader's heart. This issue of Stephen Hawking comes with answering the basic and most profound question that humanity has been striving to achieve the perfect answer since we parted our ways from apes. I loved this book as I want to become a cosmologist and my I inspiration is Stephen Hawking. And not only that but I also loved this book because it helped me to get a abound knowledge about our domain (i.e earth) and our place in the observable universe. Hawking has covered most significant part of our common debate from existence of God to the black holes and beneficialness of artificial intelligence

To the readers , if you get a book such as these pictures, remember that's not a fake one. its a latest edition with different cover design, its 100% genuine one, which you can check by the quality of paper and print also through various other ways. i have to say the book i got is in top notch quality in every sense , not damaged at all and totally new. i remain to read this yet but i have belief that it will be great as well just as other S.H. books.

I won’t say it’s the best in his books but because it’s gonnna be the last so i bought it to get to know where exactly his mind was wondering. Book just elaborated few metaphysical answers and few universal updates. It also includes kinda his whole enchanting carrier about how he started his science life and his college life, Oxford selection, scholarships. Book certainly mentions his famous questions as ‘Does God exist?’ , ‘is there any alien life’, ‘how things started at the beginning’. Although book doesn’t include Physics or mathematics in details towards any logical plateau but what it does is an overview of semi-logical chunk of thoughts that drive our universe.

Excelente libro, muy claro e intuitivo, temas de gran interés, adquirí la versión en inglés y estoy muy satisfecho.

Awesome, dazzling, incredibly smart, the adjectives become exhausted when trying to describe the life and achievements of Stephen Hawking and now, posthumously, he produces this little book with his thought on a variety of issues, not the least of them IS THERE A GOD? (his answer is no). Absolutely fine reading and full of sense. Among the best books I came across in the last 5 years

Humour et clarté à la portée de presque tous. Le monde tel que la vraie science le découvre est infiniment plus intéressant que l'image que nous en avions. Si agréable à lire!

Hawking in this book is able to introduce complex concepts with straightforward explanations, and without underestimating the reader's intellect. Besides his great sense of humor, despite of his well-known disabling condition, it seems he wanted to share to the world all the knowledge he crafted along with his life before leaving us, in March this year. Although he knew this would be a very difficult task, he selected the main questions which last and defy the humanity, and provided answers correlating it vast knowledge to those questions, using some tools as general relativity, quantum physics and walking around the “theory of everything” (ToE). The result varies from astonishment from “well, how no one thought about that before?”. Either way, it is a very pleasant reading for anyone interested in “Where did we come from?” or “Where are we going to?” like questions.

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