Okay, I have a confession. I didn't finish it. I was listening to it on my tablet, while I do other things, and I listened to about ¾ of it while working on a Halloween costume that was just hand sewing and cutting. But the volume doesn't go loud enough to hear the guy's voice over my normal activities of washing dishes, sewing on a sewing machine, etc, which is when I usually listen to books, and then it was due back at the library, and so I just never finished it. Anyway, it was fine, interesting and all that. Hard to follow on audio because I never even took physics, so I'd be trying to go back to listen to sections again, and on my tablet that was just a pain. I'm sure I would have understood more reading it. Also, I expected the whole, no God argument. I was surprised though, by the fact that he said (and I'm paraphrasing) that all of our actions could be predicted with a math formula if we were able to create a math formula that complex. I had never heard someone express that before and as a member of the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints, where the freedom to choose our actions and destiny is so central to our doctrine, it was pretty shocking. Anyway, I don't really want to get into a debate of God/no God, because it's an argument nobody will ever win, but I just wanted to remember what I had thought about it--that's why I write reviews really. So in all, the theories and history was fascinating. What a bunch of conjecture! With such a lofty premise, Hawking fails to deliver the goods. Seriously, that's all you had to say on the subject? Only about 10% of the book actually deals with the thesis that belief in God is unnecessary. And even then, those sections are poorly justified. So, what he's saying, in effect, is that we have a theory. Well, maybe not even a full theory. To be honest, the theory may or may not pan out, depending on tests that haven't been done yet. But boy, if it does, look out! Then we'd REALLY have something. If your idea of "something" is belief in whole universes of matter/energy springing from nothing. I can't help but think this is going backward, into the ancient belief in spontaneous generation.To make matters worse, he doesn't even mention or make any attempt to provide the other side of the argument. If indeed there is no God and science has an answer for EVERYTHING, then why not address the evidence cited by the faithful? The prophetic predictions of Jesus in Isaiah 53 are WAY more convincing than anything in this book.Sorry, my idea of evidence is not wild guesses and untestable theories. Hawing frequently says, "It may sound like science fiction, but it's not." Well, I'm not going to take your word for it. Prove it.
What do You think about The Grand Design (2010)?
Incredible book making the most difficult scientific concepts accessible and easy to understand.
—Less99
It is a great book that I recommend any one who like reading about cosmos to read.
—Laurel
best explanation changing philosophy perspective
—luv14
it was really a grand book..yo gotta read it.:)
—Tea
