Stephen Hawking’s ‘The Brief History of Time’ is an accessible access point to physics, explaining black holes, stars and the birth of the universe. I say accessible, it is supposed to be and can tell for most it absolutely would be but my brain is really not geared to science and for the most part it went straight over my head. The few areas I did understand were quite interesting though. There were also moments of humour that I appreciated, especially a book on particles being written by Alpha and Beta and co-authored by a guy who had a name similar to Gamma just for the jokes. Hawking also did a great job of discussing religion in an ambivalent way, his scientific theories neither confirming or denying it. 

My rating is by no means reflective of the books authorial style or value, it just was far too clever for me and I didn’t understand much of it. Its theme really just wasn’t particularly within my interests either.