Everyone knows who Stephen Hawking is, but this is the book that made him famous. It was the best selling book in the UK 25 years ago - a first for a book about Physics. The book is the story of the Universe from the beginning of time up to the present - yes, there was a start to time, and therefore, before that, there was no time at all. It's OK to get part way in and not finish it. That happens to most people. I've never got all the way through because I keep going off to research areas from it that have inspired me. Maybe it's a Sixth Form book, but there's no harm in reading Sixth Form books when you are younger - that's how I developed my thinking in Year 9!
