• A Brief History of Time

  • From the Big Bang to Black Holes
  • By: Stephen W. Hawking
  • Narrated by: Michael Jackson
  • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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A Brief History of Time

By: Stephen W. Hawking
Narrated by: Michael Jackson
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Publisher's summary

Number one New York Times best seller

One of the greatest minds of our time explores profound questions such as: How did the universe begin — and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending — or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?

Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger God — where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.

©2011 Stephen Hawking (P)2005 Phoenix Books, Inc.

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Incredibly Interesting, Mind Boggling

This was an incredibly interesting listen. I think I only comprehended about 10% of the subject matter and at times my head quite literally hurt from trying to understand what Hawking was explaining but it was fascinating none the less.

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Distracting audio

I found the narrator very distracting. From the intro, apparently this is a remaster of an old recording. Sound quality is fine. But can often hear narrator misspeak, turn pages, etc. - stuff that would normally be rerecorded. He's also an (audio) overactor - weird pronunciation choices, an overly humorous tone. Returning

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