In my quest for a new IRB this marking period, I was hunting through my father's library. Nestled between dusty stacks of books, I found A Briefer History of Time by: Stephen Hawking. And here's where you get to finally meet Julie in her primitive nerd form. Before I even opened to the first page, I saw the words "string theory" and "quantum gravity" and knew this was the book for me.
Like a kid in a candy store, I flipped through the pages excitedly. I saw that the book was exactly what the title says it is, and more. It aims to cover topics like the big bang, Newton's laws, the theory of relativity, curved space, the expanding of the universe, wormholes, and much more! Now, you're probably thinking, "Wow, I really didn't know Julie was such a freak, I'll note that for future reference in class," but really, I am so pumped to read this book. Not only is it by Stephen Hawking, arguably the best scientific mind of the century, but this book will force me to think on an abstract level, and will teach me so much.
I hope to take away simply a lot more knowledge from this book. These are topics that I know the basic premises of, but want to know more about in depth. Also, I believe actively reading books on scientific topics will help me to get ahead in the field that I want to go into. I also just think science is really interesting and hope that this IRB, although a school assignment, can be entertaining as well.
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