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Absolutely, Cosmo, Hawking's work & books are excellent.

However, for those who have some difficulty with science but are still curious, a lay-person's perspective such as Bryson's is more readily grasped & identified with.

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A Brief History of TIme - by Stephen Hawking

Free online version... http://www.physics.metu.edu.tr/~fizikt/html/hawking/A_Brief_History_in_Time.html

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Stephen Hawking's public lectures are also online no charge.

http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/lindex.html

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Stephen Hawking's Physics Colloquia http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Colloquium for the physicists (& extraterrestrials) amongst us...

http://www.hawking.org.uk/lectures/lindex.html