A Brief History of Time

“Lively and provocative ... [Stephen] Hawking clearly possesses a natural teacher’s gifts—easy, good -natured humor and an ability to illustrate highly complex propositions with analogies plucked from daily life.” —The New York Times In a landmark volume OF SCIENCE writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends? In language we can all understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.