"AN ENGROSSING THRILLER, A BOOK THAT WILL LEAVE YOU IN WONDER AT THE WORKINGS OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE VALOR OF STEPHEN HAWKINGS!"
San Francisco Chronicle

Here is an intimate glimpse of the greatest scientist of our day, the brilliant physicist confined to a wheelchair whose A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME has become the first worldwide scientific bestseller of the century.  The story of Stephen Hawking's relentless quest for the secret of the origins of the universe will change forever the way you look at the stars... and your place among them.

"THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE MAN, DESTINED TO RANK WITH GALILEO, NEWTON AND EINSTEIN"
Chicago Tribune

"UNEXPECTEDLY READABLE.. ENGAGING AND UNUSUAL!"
Nashville Tennessean

PLUS!  IN HIS OWN WORDS...
Includes the complete text of Hawking's legendary lecture, "Is the End in Sight...?"