Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

Interesting lectures. It seems to me to be humbling to give a review on lectures given by the great mind of Stephen Hawking. He steps to levels of insight that the rest of us barely can recognise the existence of such ideas. But saying that, here goes. Great lectures, provocative and maybe wrong. This is obviously the case, as all human understanding by all humans has the capacity to be wrong. I read these lectures with an open mind, and great admiration. They prompted lateral and not so lateral thinking. We are all limited by our human ability to understand things. Fantastic book. Highly recommended.

Great scientific book that makes good reading for the curious at heart.

I enjoyed the book, although I had hoped for more content. I am also a Cambridge alumni; missed Stephen Hawking by some 7 years. I would have loved to have read his thinking on the recently discovered Big Ring and Great Arc.

Stephen Hawking never stops amazing you, period. Black holes being so mysterious, any amount of discussion on this subject is less and Stephen Hawking had the talent of making such complex topics simpler and more interesting..i really enjoyed reading the book!

Interesting book. A bit short for the price.

Stephen Hawking was a man for every man, and every woman who yearned to know more about time and space but never had the chance to visit those hallowed halls. However through his brilliant, easy to read and understand authorship, people like me an 87 years old lady are able to "See" into and through time and space .

It is a very slim item, but it is just the two Reith Lectures given on the BBC. I found it a really fascinating read, covering serious topics in a very witty style. The sketches were entertaining as well. Recommended for anyone interested in the topic - as long as it is understood this is not a full length book, but more a pamphlet.

It's a much smaller and thinner book than I expected but the content is excellent. This is advanced enough for those that are very knowledgable on the subject already while at the same time it's written in a gentle way with humour to make it much more accessible to the majority.

Veramente un ottimo librettino che spiega senza troppi giri di parole e con esempi/disegni molto simpatici il fenomeno dei buchi neri. Il libretto lo si legge molto velocemente (io l'ho letto in pausa pranzo) ed in maniera molto scorrevole. L'inglese utilizzato non è complicatissimo quindi anche se avete problemi con la lingua non dovreste avere necessariamente problemi con questa lettura. Per quello che costa e che offre, personalmente lo renderei addirittura una lettura obbligatoria per tutti :)

I am appalled! I got this book for my 9 year old who is interested in reading about vlack holes. I flip through it cause the book is cute and little, and come upon this page (page 18)! Sexist and inappropriate, why in holy hell would they put this in there?? Its a stupid little science book about a thing in outer space, it does not need this sort of bizarre, disrepectful nonsense. I am severely disappointed.

Book is tiny, and very short, for $20aud not worth the money. Should be clearly stated how small and short it is when buying this book

Great book. You can read it easily. It’s short and smaller than I expected but with great information. I loved it.

Ridiculous, takes about 4 minutes to read. Its not a book, more a beermat.