But the book was more than a book about cosmology. Alternatively, I may just be too stupid for this book. I don't know if the book was intended for laymen or cosmologists, but I think if the target audience was to have been laymen, then much of the story will have been in vain. His writing style kept me engaged even during the many times that I was incapable of becoming informed. In fact, I found that his writing/story-telling style is what held my interest even as I struggled (and often failed) to understand the difficult details of so many of the hypotheses that he either put forward whether they were his and Hawking's or someone else's. Apart from his considerable expertise in cosmology, quantum physics, and science in general, Hertog has considerable talent as a writer. Thomas Hertog is a cosmologist who was a student of Stephen Hawking, was mentored by Hawking, and spent many years as an assistant to and as a colleague of Hawking.
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