Thank goodness he removed the watermelon from beneath him. Don’t want to have another running joke like he had with his behind falling off which came from him being hit with a laser when he was in the comic strip Outland.
Pretending to have read it and also to have understood it. What if all of these theoretical physicists were just pulling a big scam and it’s all a bunch of bunk?
It’s only possible to get pickled on peach kombucha if one makes it with an airlock (bubbler) to keep the air out – which makes it peach hooch. Otherwise there isn’t any alcohol in kombucha, just acetic acid (vinegar). Tasty stuff, though!
I tried a BriefER History of Time. I just don’t have the grey cells up there to really grasp that stuff. But I’m glad some people do. Mr. Hawking was a great man, and not to proud to be an occasional guest on “Futurama.”
Gotta envy theoretical physicists. They spend their lives publishing papers about theories they believe ‘could’ happen, but never have to prove that what they believe actually exists.
Ho hum. I don’t deal in popularizers. Just don’t drop that watermelon off the roof, Opus; if you do, and injure anyone, you could find yourself living out a very different fantasy….
Like a number of other commenters here, I read the book. It was many years ago, so I should probably go back and read it again. In any event, I don’t remember it as being especially difficult to follow, though it no doubt helped that I already knew a fair amount of basic astrophysics. I’ve certainly read books that were much harder to read, both non-fiction and fiction (Ulysses, for instance…).
Well, where Mr. Hawking is now, he doesn’t have to sit in a wheelchair, use a synthesized voice, or suffer with the condition he has anymore. He doesn’t need any of that.
Read it through a couple times back in ‘89. Also, “Black Holes and Baby Universes”. A little education goes a long way. Maybe then an overgrown kindergartener wouldn’t have been elected POTUS.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 6 years ago
Thank goodness he removed the watermelon from beneath him. Don’t want to have another running joke like he had with his behind falling off which came from him being hit with a laser when he was in the comic strip Outland.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
Oliver, you old piffle-bender. What’s new?
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 6 years ago
Is there any coffee to go with that nutcake?
dxmachina over 6 years ago
I read it. Godspeed, Professor Hawking.
jrankin1959 over 6 years ago
I finished it; wait until you read his “dishing” on Isaac Newton…
blackash2004-tree Premium Member over 6 years ago
Pretending to have read it and also to have understood it. What if all of these theoretical physicists were just pulling a big scam and it’s all a bunch of bunk?
bbbmorrell over 6 years ago
I skipped ahead to the sex scenes..
johnec over 6 years ago
We should be eternally grateful that he didn’t write the expanded and complete version, and that he kept it brief. Wowsers!
johnec over 6 years ago
It’s only possible to get pickled on peach kombucha if one makes it with an airlock (bubbler) to keep the air out – which makes it peach hooch. Otherwise there isn’t any alcohol in kombucha, just acetic acid (vinegar). Tasty stuff, though!
JohnHouck over 6 years ago
Picking a nit here, but shouldn’t it be “proffered piffle” rather than “preferred”?
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 6 years ago
I did.
Kim Roberts over 6 years ago
I read it. Also read his BLACK HOLES AND BABY UNIVERSES and Other Essays. I also showed the video of Brief History of Time in class every January 8th.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 6 years ago
I tried a BriefER History of Time. I just don’t have the grey cells up there to really grasp that stuff. But I’m glad some people do. Mr. Hawking was a great man, and not to proud to be an occasional guest on “Futurama.”
Vyper3000 over 6 years ago
I actually read it all the way through: what a disappointment! You can tell early on that the butler did it.
Vyper3000 over 6 years ago
I actually read it all the way through: what a disappointment! You can tell early on that the butler did it.
Dirty Dragon over 6 years ago
I can’t say I got a grasp on Dr. Hawking’s explanation of time.
… but then I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe.
Azzrael over 6 years ago
Gotta envy theoretical physicists. They spend their lives publishing papers about theories they believe ‘could’ happen, but never have to prove that what they believe actually exists.
Mema Jean over 6 years ago
Opus to the rescue.
txmystic over 6 years ago
My favorite takeaway from his book was his explanation of light cones. That is how I was finally able to comprehend spacetime geometrically.
Scoutmaster77 over 6 years ago
Of course I read it. Hawking was my inspiration to study astrophysics. :- )
cowin_a over 6 years ago
I finished my copy.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 6 years ago
I finished mine so long ago I need to refresh my memory. If I can find it.
Sisyphos over 6 years ago
Ho hum. I don’t deal in popularizers. Just don’t drop that watermelon off the roof, Opus; if you do, and injure anyone, you could find yourself living out a very different fantasy….
evsxrk over 6 years ago
Like a number of other commenters here, I read the book. It was many years ago, so I should probably go back and read it again. In any event, I don’t remember it as being especially difficult to follow, though it no doubt helped that I already knew a fair amount of basic astrophysics. I’ve certainly read books that were much harder to read, both non-fiction and fiction (Ulysses, for instance…).
panille over 6 years ago
I finished it but should read it again. I kinda got lost towards the end IIRC.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 6 years ago
Well, where Mr. Hawking is now, he doesn’t have to sit in a wheelchair, use a synthesized voice, or suffer with the condition he has anymore. He doesn’t need any of that.
elflesh over 6 years ago
Read it through a couple times back in ‘89. Also, “Black Holes and Baby Universes”. A little education goes a long way. Maybe then an overgrown kindergartener wouldn’t have been elected POTUS.