![]() ![]() It tackled mind-bending concepts of general relativity and quantum mechanics in an engaging style that invited non-specialists, even nonscientists, to grapple with those ideas for themselves. ![]() Hawking, a physicist who until retiring last year was the holder of Sir Isaac Newton's chair as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, startled the publishing world in 1988 with his mega-seller, A Brief History of Time. ![]() Rarely do the title and authorship of a book carry such high expectations as The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Including The Universe in a Nutshell, also reviewed at the Science ShelfĪnd Feynman's Rainbow, also reviewed at the Science Shelf. Readers of The Grand Design will also enjoy Hawking's and Mlodinow's ealier books, Shop for The Grand Design at discount price and support the Science Shelf book review Archive For permission to publish or print multiple copies of any of the materials on this site, please contact the author by e-mail. Individuals may print single copies of reviews or columns for their own use. Note: All materials on this site are the copyrighted property of Alfred B. Review of The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (Bantam, 2010, $28.00, 208 pages) ![]()
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