BLACK HOLES AND BEYOND: POPULAR BOOKS

Regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking has written best-selling books explaining complex theories on physics and human creation with simplicity and humour

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (1988)

When did time begin? Can the clock run backwards? Is the universe infinite or is there an end to the universe? Hawking navigates the Big Bang theory, black holes, spiral galaxies and string theory to explain the origin, structure, development and the eventual fate of the universe

THE GRAND DESIGN (2010)

In this 2010 book co-written with American physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says evolution is a lot about chance in a universe where a slight change in constants that control nuclear synthesis could produce a world with no carbon and no oxygen

THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL (2001)

In this collection of 13 essays and an extended interview, Hawking expands on how black holes create baby universes, imaginary time and the search for a unified theory for everything

A BRIEFER HISTORY OF TIME (2005)

This book makes the earlier classic even more accessible by both clarifying and expanding on the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, black holes, string theory, the history and future of the universe and the search for a unified theory

MY BRIEF HISTORY (2013)

My Brief History is a witty and candid account of Hawking’s journey from his post-war London boyhood to his celebrity. Illustrated with photographs, it follows the life of the inquisitive student nicknamed ‘Einstein’ at St. Albans School near London