The End of Everything
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Average rating4
What an excellent book! It's a topic that seems to fit quite well with 2020 as a whole... the possible ways in which the universe will end (and there's no doubt that it will end, eventually). The science is presented in a way that is easily understood regardless of your background knowledge, with very clear explanations of some very funky concepts! Katie also has a great sense of humour that shines through and makes this book a pleasure to read.
Katie Mack covers challenging (like, actually hard to understand) material with great humor, clean organization, and a conversational tone.
Not on her or the book, but I did not always feel like she was 100% pulling me along (my brain just breaks at the whole space time maybe isn't real idea) but she gave it a valiant effort. Someday, perhaps, I will get it. Maybe if I did the math.
The truly great thing about this book is that I felt like I learned something - I walk away from the book getting that we EARTH will end in fiery death but the END OF EVERYTHING is a little bit up in the air because we don't really know why our fundamental models of physics work and teeny tiny changes in assumed constants actually do matter.
Short, very easy to comprehend, makes references to D'ream , petunias and sperm whales so what is there not to like
A nice summary of the options of how the universe will end. The explanation is easy to read for people who are not physicists like me. Some part of the chapter is really well explained and in-depth, while other chapters seem quite shallow.
An easy to understand and entertaining book talking about the latest theories of just how we might meet our maker, astrophysically speaking. Not a book that's about to compete with the Brief History of Time, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.