The Grand Design: Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

The Grand Design (Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow) in a nutshell, gives you the low down on the natural laws of physics, the constant battle of science and religion to explain the origins of our universe, and all the forces in between.

Not to sound like I'm writing a personal statement, but I have been a bit of a science geek from a very young age. Due to "blocking" of A-Levels, however, biology was the only science I was able to carrying on studying at an academic level, as Art was my first and foremost important subject... Dropping Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics was one of the most difficult decisions I ever made. And so this has left me studying science as a hobby. Isn't that strange? Art and Media as a career path, science as a pass-time? Yes, I know.

However, for someone who has no professional A-Level knowledge of science other than what she has learned from magazines, books and documentaries, this book was really easy to digest! However, not light reading, and definitely not light on information. I feel like after putting this book down, I have learned the answers to many questions, and, unlike in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Douglas Adams, 1979), the answer is not just 42.