霍金是自愛因斯坦後全球最知名的科學家，以物理學、天文學的成就以及機智的幽默感而聞名。他告訴全球數百萬讀者關於宇宙與黑洞的本質，並因自身勇敢挑戰漸凍人病症（ALS）的經歷激勵全世界的人們。

　　霍金不僅揭開宇宙間最大的謎團，也認為科學扮演著解決地球困境的關鍵角色。此刻，我們正面對著一些棘手問題—氣候變遷、核戰問題以及人工智慧發展，人類能在這些問題的威脅下繼續生存嗎？我們應該進行太空殖民嗎？上帝真的存在嗎？霍金在這本他的最終著作中，討論這些在歷史上激烈爭論的問題。

　　《Brief Answers to the Big Questions》由曾在電影《愛的萬物論》中扮演他的演員艾迪．瑞德曼（Eddie Redmayne）撰寫前言，諾貝爾物理學獎得主索恩（Kip Thorne）導讀，霍金女兒露西執筆後記，《Brief Answers to the Big Questions》是霍金大師留給世界的最後一則睿智的關鍵訊息。（文 / 博客來編譯）

　　Professor Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, an influential author and thinker, and a great popular communicator. Throughout his career he was asked questions by business leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics and the general public on a broad range of subjects, from the origins of the universe to the future of the planet.

　　BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS brings together his thinking on the most timeless and the most-timely questions in science:

　　Where did we come from?
　　What is inside a black hole?
　　Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
　　How will we survive on earth?
　　How can we colonise space?
　　Will we ever be able to go beyond the Solar System?

　　For both the scientific and the intellectually curious, this book celebrates the mind, humour, and achievements of one of the most inspiring figures in recent history.

　　The book will include an Afterword from Lucy Hawking and a percentage of all royalties will go to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Stephen Hawking Foundation.