Big Bang

[Piak]

What does this phrase mean?
1. Hundreds of thousands of = 100,000,000, isn’t it? Or does it means something else?

2. Big Bang.
What are the meaning of Big Bang and “even he can understand” in the sentence written below? It is an advertisement of a book on an Internet, please simplify this sentence for me.
He covers the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, and explains it all in language “even he can understand.” 304 pp.

Thank you and best regards,

 

[RonBee]

It doesn't make much sense to me. Perhaps: "He covers the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization."
Saying somebody explains something in language “even he can understand” makes no sense to me.

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[Piak]

Thank you RonBee for the answer to my question #2, but how about #1. What is the meaning of the phrase, please?

Best regards,
Piak

 

[Piak]

but how about #1. What is the meaning of the phrase, please?

 

[Red5]

Hundreds of thousands of can mean a multiple of 100,000.

 

[RonBee]

Thank you RonBee for the answer to my question #2, but how about #1. What is the meaning of the phrase, please?

Best regards,
Piak

Red's answer is exactly right. Something that is "hundreds of thousands" would not be a million or more, much less a hundred million.

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[Tdol]

What does this phrase mean?
1. Hundreds of thousands of = 100,000,000, isn’t it? Or does it means something else?

2. Big Bang.
What are the meaning of Big Bang and “even he can understand” in the sentence written below? It is an advertisement of a book on an Internet, please simplify this sentence for me.
He covers the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, and explains it all in language “even he can understand.” 304 pp.

Thank you and best regards,

'Even he can understand' implies that he isn't very intelligent and can only understand simple language IMO. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

<<He covers the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, and explains it all in language “even he can understand.” 304 pp.>>

<'Even he can understand' implies that he isn't very intelligent and can only understand simple language IMO.>

I disagree. I think it's indecipherable. When you are explaining something you want to do so in language other people understand--not in language you understand. It wouldn't make sense not to understand your own explanation.

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[Piak]

Thank you Red5, for the reply you have made to the Post #1 of mine.

 

[jnsummer]

'hundreds of thousands of' just means a very large number usually more than 300,000.

but the intro to the book....
<<He covers the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, and explains it all in language “even he can understand.” 304 pp.>>

...it's a strange intro but it says to me that the author likes simplified language and that's what they use to write the book.