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Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen Hawking is a collection of astronomy and astrophysics articles. Summary of the Book The cosmos, the great beyond and the wide open reaches of space are an expanse that mankind has yet to appreciate in all of their glory. Space is seemingly endless, its beginning stretches so far back that it might seem beyond reach. In this collection of essays, Stephen Hawking takes readers into the depths of space, teaching them about the very beginning of universes. He discusses how stars die, how some stars collapse under their own weight and transform into black holes, and how the universe, too, had a beginning. These essays teach readers how to appreciate the universe, how to understand astronomical developments and give them a sense of wonder for the cosmos. About Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and the Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. He is best recognized in the scientific community for his collaborative works with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Best known for his A Brief History of Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, God Created the Integers and The Grand Design, Hawking has a motor neuron disease related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He is almost completely paralysed and uses a speech generating device to communicate.