Sometimes when I'm trying to sleep I let my mind wander off and I start to think about space and stars and planets. I like to imagine what it would be like to be a cosmic traveller like the Silver Surfer or something, with the ability to travel to the boundaries of the universe and to the beginning ...
This is an outstanding compendium of seven lectures by Dr. Hawking. He expounds on his concepts from A Briefer History of Time and makes the concepts of physics and time accessible to the layman as well as the specialist. Not to be missed if you're interested in how the universe works and why.