Definitely not an easy read, and if you haven’t studied up to A-level physics before then I recommend going with ‘A Briefer History of Time’, it’s a shorter and more guided read.
I’m not one to comment on the mathematics of it all but Hawkings does a brilliant job at summarising all of physics in one book. This book is more about the history of physics in regards to time.
What is a singularity? In physics, a singularity is something infinite. Does that make every human a singularity? Yes. Does that make the present a singularity? Yes.
The biggest lesson I learnt from this book is that the past does not exist. And neither does the future.
It definitely changed my perspective on time as a whole and reminded me how truly relative time is to everyone. As humans, you only have one true perspective of the Universe, yours – so you are the centre of your Universe. Only you can observe it this way.
If you find yourself asking the age-old question – what am I? followed by – what is time? this will definitely open some doors in your brain.
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