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In their debut picture book, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox introduce young readers to the hilarious, the oblivious, the apocalyptically adorable Llama. But this is a book for the layperson and Rovelli understands this limitation, glossing over finer detail in pursuit of an impression of the wonder that lies at the heart of the cosmos and his theorising. And in his hands it’s an effective technique.

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I read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time more than 30 years ago. It woke me up to the wonders of the universe in a way that nothing before ever had. And while I’m not sure I fully understood it then, or now, it certainly felt like an adventure. Carlo Rovelli’s new book is a kind of non-linear sequel in which he introduces his theory of “white holes”, how they might form and why we have such trouble seeing them in the universe today.

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So, I didn’t read much fiction last year. Been doing research for my next novel so I read a lot of science books, mostly theoretical physics, which should give you a heads up to the genre of my next project!

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There were Taylor Swift references, which, I mean, that's all I need to give a book 5 stars. But in all seriousness, it's so informative without being difficult to follow. I would recommend you have a little bit of an interest in physics, because there are some basic concepts that'll just go over smoother if you have some prior knowledge, but even if you know nothing this book is an absolute joy. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the author herself, and it was amazing. You could feel and hear her enthusiasm about the topic through every sentence and every word. Neil Tyson is one of the greatest scientific educators we have ever had. He is probably unmatched when writing popular science books, where he covers topics that can be very counterintuitive. But he explains astrophysics very smoothly that anybody can understand without scientific knowledge. The more accurately you know the positions of particles, the less accurately you can know their speeds, and vice versa" We see his struggle from the book’s beginning, in which a virtual psychoanalyst, Sigfrid, attempts to get him to face and discuss his emotions. Sigfrid is itself an intriguing and, while it claims not to be sentient, still a sympathetic character. Meet Llama, a true hero for the ages, who has most definitely driven a bus and who loves cake way more than you.

All of this disregards entirely that I am already sort of tied up with a pseudo-career in a different scientific discipline and do not relish the thought of attending university again. Nor am I particularly skilled at focussing on multiple things, fond of starting over, or withholding anything of value from the theoretical physicists that they haven't already got covered. Author Proud single dad Citizen scientist Steward of futility Master of nothingness Pretty decent writer It could have been a pamphlet but they made it a book with a lot of empty spaces and charging like it's worth ₹100 (5 US dollars in purchasing power parity). All these questions are exciting, and we all want to know their answers. But the point is, are these questions answered in this book? Stephen Hawking takes you on this virtual tour where he talks about different topics, combines philosophies and scientific explanations, and does everything. But he doesn’t answer all these questions directly. So you won’t get a ready-made answer to all these questions.

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Gubser and Pretorius offer clarity on a difficult topic, with a healthy dose of wonder to boot."— Publishers WeeklyBy structuring it as a chronological scientific journey, the reader can see how each discovery led to the next. The stories of perseverance by the scientists are inspiring. Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father's old college. Stephen wanted to do Mathematics, although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he did Physics instead. After three years and not very much work he was awarded a first class honours degree in Natural Science. I suppose owning a “Schrödinger’s cat: Wanted dead and alive” t-shirt didn’t actually qualify me to understand this book (although it certainly increased my nerd cred).

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