Talk:A Brief History of Time
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[edit] Equations count
- "The author notes that for every equation in the book the readership will be halved, hence it includes only a single equation: E=mc²."
But isn't the author's note itself an equation, making the total 2?--StanZegel 17:46, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes. In fact there are plenty of equations in the book, but he wrote them out in word form so there wouldn't be any "equations". For example, he describes the law of gravity as being the product of the first mass times the product of the second mass divided by... etc. He used a loophole to get past the 'no equation' rule. In my opinion this made the book less readable. Carbon cat 17:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Film
I find it a bit odd that the book was apparently made into a film, evidenced by the infobox and the categories it's in, but there's no mention of the film in the main text. --Last Malthusian 13:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- Apparently, there is a separate wikipedia entry for the film here. Should the film infobox be moved to that entry? --Kooky (talk) 06:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I think so. It could be moved out again when the film article has grown.--I hate to register 20:51, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What's with the film picture?
Why is the picture and info, on the right hand side, of the movie and not the book?
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