Brief Answers to the Big Questions: 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH

I am a commerce bachelor. The question of existence started tickling me about a year ago. I want to study it since then. But not able to find a way to pursue higher education in Cosmology because of my non-science Bachelor's degree. Then I read this book and it stood to be almost what I hoped for. As Sir Stephen Hawking mentioned that it may not be an ideal situation if every human started studying cosmology, but it stills appears to be the only logical step one will take once these questions are raised in his/her head unless there's already a small unnoticed evolution in human DNA making even the fundamental functions different in some (which might become a problem for unevolved humans). The collaborations of a random matter giving the ability to resultant matter to understand itself(and the whole universe) is quite amazing. The motive of mankind as far as I can understand is to pass on the knowledge it gathering every day. But at first, it needs to ensure its survival for this purpose. I will definitely find a way to pursue PhD. in Cosmology even if it took a few extra years and it will be worth it as it may lead to uniting a lot more for the same purpose. {PS- At the end of Question 10(Page 145), where it is talked about inspiring the new Einstein, the word "She" is used. Maybe it is deliberately used to left us to wonder or maybe he wanted to refer it to someone?}

Loved the chapters on his view on the future of the earth, artificial intelligence surpassing us and representing danger. Skipped all chapters on black holes. Can't see the fascination in it. Great book for an even better price ;-)

Nowhere near the The theory of everything which I loved so much because of the way science was presented with the associated history and how human thought process evolved over time. This book is more human centric and about the near future. But special in a sense that it is Stephen Hawking's last book. The text by Lucy Hawking got me a bit emotional. If his consciousness is still a part of this quantum soup let it know I am grateful.