A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking — Summary Explained | We Read This So You Don’t Have To

What actually came before the Big Bang?
Can time run backward?
Are black holes really the end… or the beginning of something stranger?

In today’s episode, we break down Stephen Hawking’s legendary bestseller A Brief History of Time — one of the most influential science books ever written — and explain its biggest ideas in a way that’s clear, engaging, and easy to follow.

This episode covers everything from the origins of the universe to the nature of black holes, relativity, quantum mechanics, the search for a unified theory, and Hawking’s bold proposition that the universe may have no beginning and no end.

If you’ve always wanted to understand this book but found it intimidating — this episode is for you.

⏳ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
How the universe began — and why Hawking believed time itself had a starting point
The shift from ancient geocentric models to Newton and Einstein’s revolutionary theories
Why relativity destroyed the idea of absolute time
What quantum mechanics reveals about uncertainty and the fabric of reality
How black holes work (and why they are NOT completely black)
Hawking radiation, entropy, and the evaporation of black holes
The search for the Theory of Everything
What Hawking meant by “knowing the mind of God”

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