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Easier to understand than The Elegant Universe One reviewer stated that this book should be called Elegant Universe for dummies. That may be true, but I get the feeling that it's laymen like myself that Briane Green is targeting. This book is easier to understand than the Elegant Universe. Yes it covers alot of the same material, but it is explained much better from a beginners point of view. The best way to simplify a complicated subject is through the use of analogies, and there are plenty in this book. Having read both books I now have a much more solid understanding of relativity, quantum mechanics..etc. than I did after reading The Elegant Universe alone. I may now go back and re-read Elegant Universe since I have a better foundation. If you are like me and have no background or very little formal education on the subject of Physics, then read this book first. No prior knowledge is required. Well done Briane Greene.