Stephen Hawking is a legendary English theoretical physicist and popularizer of science, known for his work in the field of black holes. Due to his illness, Hawking was confined to a wheelchair, which, despite everything, did not break him, but only inspired the famous scientist. Today, Hawking continues to lecture, write books, communicate with fans and issue important warnings to humanity: about encounters with aliens, about artificial intelligence, about the resettlement of civilizations on another planet, and remains one of the largest and most authoritative modern scientists. 'A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes' is Stephen Hawking's most popular book, first published in 1988. The book tells about the emergence of the Universe, the nature of space and time, black holes, superstring theory and some mathematical problems, but in its pages you can only find one formula: E = mc2. The book has become a bestseller since its publication and continues to be so.