#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success A Brief History of Time has become a landmark volume in science writing. Stephen Hawking one of the great minds of our time 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? Told in language we all can 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.