10 books by Stephen Hawking that prove the genius that he was

Stephen Hawking, the world-famous physicist who sought to explain some of the most complicated questions of life and the universe, while himself working under the shadow of a likely premature death, has died at 76. Professor Hawking, after studying physics at Oxford University, was in his first year of research work at Cambridge when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. His spectacular mind pushed the very limits of human understanding both in the vastness of space and in the bizarre and fascinating world of quantum theory, which, according to him, could predict what happens at the beginning and end of time. Stephen Hawking has written many books that question human understanding and the works of the universe. These books demonstrate the genius that Stephen Hawking was, and together, is a testament to the fact that he indeed was the brightest star among today's cosmologists.

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This was the book because of which Professor Hawking shot to enormous fame, among science enthusiasts and others as well. The book deals with some fundamental questions troubling every space fanatic's mind: Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, moving on to delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory.
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"My Brief History" is a delightful account of Stephen Hawking’s spectacular journey, from his boyhood during post-war London to his years of international acclaim. Illustrated with rarely seen photographs, this witty and candid account introduces readers to the inquisitive, quipster of a schoolboy who was called ‘Einstein’ by his classmates; the man who once placed a bet over the existence of a black hole; and the loving husband and father striving to gain a strong foothold in academia.
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In "The Grand Design", the most recent scientific ideas about the mysteries of the universe is presented in a simple yet brilliant language. Some questions Hawking deals with here are: When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent ‘grand design’ of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation?

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In Hawking's first collection of essays and other critical pieces, the subjects range from being affectionately personal to intriguingly scientific. Stephen Hawking, in this book, is revealed in his multifarious avatars -- as a scientist, a man, a concerned world citizen, and as always, a rigorous and imaginative thinker.
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In the wonderfully illustrated pages of this book, Hawking is pushing the frontiers of popular notions and reasons of physics beyond relativity and quantum theory, past superstring theory and imaginary time, into a dizzying and fantastic new world of M-theory and branes.
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The unique book by Professor Hawking, "On the Shoulders of Giants", tells a riveting story, exhibiting original papers from renowned thinkers and scientists like Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains in his simple yet thought-provoking langauge, how the works of these scientists changed the course of science, the way people think, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world.
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This one-of-a-kind book "God Created The Integers" is Stephen Hawking's personal collection of the greatest mathematical works in history. The book includes landmark discoveries in mathematics spanning 2500 years and representing the work of mathematicians such as Euclid, Georg Cantor, Kurt Godel, Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann and Alan Turing.
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Not many people know, but Stephen Hawking penned a series of children's books for kids to be interested in the science of space and time and to explain some complex scientific theories in the most lucid manner. The first in a series of children's books that melds cosmology and adventure, the book is co-authored by Professor Hawking and his daughter Lucy.

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In the second book of the George series written by Stephen and Lucy Hawking, George and Annie, the middle-school cosmologists, return to solve a great question and undertake another great adventure.
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The third book in the George series follows George’s adventures in the universe with a full colour set of photographs illustrating the wonderful and beguiling world of the cosmos.
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