Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | by nathan

My dad has a Ph.D. in chemistry, but I think it skipped a generation

So, I’m listening to "A Briefer History of Time" on audiobook now, and it pretty much makes me feel like this:

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5 Comments »

  1. Comment by Hypeful

    I can barely say, “Hawking” without feeling my head go a little Scanners…

    6 November 2007  4:03 pm

  2. Comment by Nate

    Dude, seriously. I went to science and math camp as a teenager (yeah, yeah), and while there I read “A Brief History of Time” and sorta got it. But then I went and majored in religion and philosophy and became a writer, and I haven’t taken a math class in over ten years, and I feel like a fracking dumbass listening to this book. But the parts I do get make it IMPOSSIBLE to put down.

    6 November 2007  4:05 pm

  3. Comment by Brian

    I loved “A Brief History of Time” on tape so I got the book. Couldn’t hang. So I went back to the library and checked out the audiobook again.

    You should check out PBS’ “The Elegant Universe” available on DVD (also exists in book form…also couldn’t hang). It’s incredible.

    7 November 2007  2:59 pm

  4. Comment by Anon

    I

    8 November 2007  5:12 pm

  5. Comment by The Dirty Calvinist

    I read a “Brief History of Time”. It all made some sense until, if I recall correctly, the equations quit working and time had to go backwards for some reason. I finished the book, but I didn’t believe anything after that.

    11 November 2007  12:27 pm

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