Probably the best book to read after this one is Penrose’s own answer to Hawking’s A Brief History Of Time. This book takes the form of a series of debates that Hawking and Sir Roger Penrose on physics and philosophy. The Nature of Space and Time (with Roger Penrose) (1996) This one discusses similar stuff, albeit from a pop science standpoint. If you’re feeling a bit mind-boggled by Black Holes and Baby Universes, a lighter book is The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw. It’s probably best to read that one first. This one isn’t designed to be a popular science book, so it might prove a little bit tougher going than A Brief History Of Time. He briefly touches on ideas including universes growing from black holes, quantum mechanics, and general relativity. This is a collection of essays and lectures from Hawking based mostly based around black holes. Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays (1993) This work was the first to explain the theory of relativity to people from outside the scientific community, without it, Hawking might not have become the scientist he is known as now. That work is Albert Einstein’s Relativity: The Special And General Theory. There’s one obvious place to go after reading Hawking’s A Brief History Of Time.

This book really provides a grounding in a lot of Hawking’s scientific theory, so if you plan to read other works by the scholar, you should make sure you’ve read this one first.

He also discusses the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity in terms which non-scientists could understand. Hawking discusses the forces that created the universe and the laws which govern it. As noted above, A Brief History Of Time aims to explain complex cosmology to people without a scientific background.

Hawking a brief history of time