BOOK REVIEW OF THE LAST BOOK OF STEPHEN HAWKING: -

“BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS”

Stephen William Hawking was a great cosmologist, an author and an English theoretical physicist, He
was the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

As a famous author some of his famous works were “A Brief History Of Time” , “The Theory Of
Everything”, “Brief Answers To The Big Questions” and many more.

He left us on 14th March 2018

My most recent read was his last book BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS

This book was specifically based of some of the most underrated topics which we humans want
the answers for. He answered 10 of the most asked questions in a brief manner, fully explained
but the only drawback to it is that they are all based on the theoretical approach only, no utter
proof is there to prove the facts to be 100% true.

This book has the answers to such questions that it may change the mind set of a person who has
been believing in a fact since his/her birth, This book starts with a short summary of his life and
how his family member and friends helped him to achieve his goals despite of all odds.

Just before the content of the book starts , he has explained the biggest fear of many people “why
is it important to ask big questions”, in which he says that the world is too big to explore and the
human lifespan is too small to know everything being able to ask big questions could lead to the
answers to many smaller questions and the will also help in finding and facing the greater truths
of our existence.

The 10 questions that are answered in it are:

IS THERE A GOD

HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN

IS THERE OTHER INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

CAN WE PREDICT THE FUTURE?

WHAT IS INSIDE A BLACK HOLE?

IS TIME TRAVEL POSSIBLE?

WILL WE SURVIVE ON EARTH?

SHOULD WE COLONISE SPACE?

WILL ARITFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OUTSMART US?

HOW DO WE SHAPE THE FUTURE?

These questions are even more interesting than many of the normal facts, they are just so
relatable that reading the questions even gave goosebumps. All these questions are answered in
such a way that they will literally blow away the past concepts we had in our mid about many
things. These answers are the lifetime work of such a magnificent scientist who lived his life to
fullest despite of the odds.

Out of all the questions my favourite is 4 questions i.e.

Is there a god?

How did it all begin?

What is a black hole?

How to shape the future?

These 4 questions changed my mind and inspired me a lot, these concepts are so self-centred and
life oriented that one cannot ignore the fact that they are a basic part of our lives, and we keep
asking the same things over and over to ourselves without even noticing it.

This is a highly recommended book and has turned out to be favourite, it has vibes like no other
and if u are a science freak just like me the trust me this book will just full fill all the details you
ever wanted to know.

Signing off Sanket Dash.