The illustrated edition of Stephen Hawking's classic work - this edition includes an appendix with updates made by Professor Hawking in 2016. In this edition, Professor Hawking explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimension. Over one hundred and fifty stunning colour illustrations have been specially commissioned for this purpose to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp.

• The previous HB edition of Illustrated has sold over 30k TCM lifetime 
• The PB edition of BRIEF HISTORY has sold 58k TCM in 2018 to June 2018 (and millions of copies since original publication in 1992)
• Published to coincide with publication of Hawking's posthumous work: Brief Answers to Big Questions (John Murray).
• Includes 150 colour illustrations, a new appendix with updates to the text, and tributes to Stephen Hawking in new endpapers.
• Hawking's books have sold over 12 million copies worldwide and his status remains as high as ever
• A Brief History of Time is firmly established in the scientific canon