Steven Hawking books are pathetic.
There are many other physics books that explain the origins of the univers much more plainly and coherently. Fancy graphics aside.
Refering to A Briefer History of Time, Stephen Hawking said he wanted to write a book that was understandable wherever you started reading it. You didn’t have to start at the beginning. Think about that for awile. What kind of book is that? A crappy one.
100 Billion Suns: The Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars
is very readable but you gotta start at the beginning....and ignore the end where he goes off the rails...