Brief Answers to the Big Questions

This is a good introduction to some big ideas in science and technology. Hawking touches on a bunch of subjects from a super quick overview of a variety of future looking ideas, including AI, space travel, aliens, and black holes. Because it's so brief on a lot of the topics, it wasn't really the book for me, but I do think it would be worth it to someone who isn't looking for the same depth I want.

I did find the afterword which was a tribute from Lucy Hawking to her father pretty moving.