The author is an graceful teacher who knows how to keep attention
of an average, non-scientific people. This book is a masterpiece: what
we think of as theoretical, concepts of modern physics have been
translated into common man’s language.Thus, taking the most
sublime theories of quantum mechanics, manipulating them by
mind-bending, advanced math derivations , Greene gracefully translates
every detail, and, sometimes along with its mind-boggling sub-detail
into everyday equivalents. Having read first hundred pages, it’s
possible for an average person to feel like being able to understand
graduate students arguing astrophysical concepts over cup of coffee. Anyone
who has ever wondered about incredibly unfathomable phenomena that seem
to surround our world, or originate from universe, can get a grip on
the most basic explanations behind the questions that have puzzled or
even bothered most of humanity. This book is also recommended
to anyone who has been turned off to eccentric musings of Einstein,
amazed at the Schroedinger’s cat, lost in the Heisenberg’s uncertainty
principle, or bored by Niels Bohr. The broad spectrum of
the topics and the depth of detail, made simple and used to delve into
every aspect of modern physics is also a useful research tool for a
writer tackling the world of science-fiction where physics concepts
must be rendered believable as well as easily to understand.