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In his new book, The famous American theoretical physicist and popularizer of science Leonard Mlodinov recalls working together with the outstanding British scientist of our time Stephen Hawking (1942-2018). The reader will get acquainted with Hawking's scientific and personal life, including how the outstanding scientist overcame for decades a disease from which he could have died at a young age, but despite this he survived and made an invaluable contribution to theoretical physics, proposed revolutionary ideas in the field of cosmology. The author tries to explain in a popular form some of the secrets of the origin of the universe, the features of black holes and the significance of these and other ideas for our ideas about the world in which we live. The presentation of popular scientific ideas of modern theoretical physics and cosmology is interspersed with sketches from the activities of Stephen Hawking, who, despite a severe form of disability, managed to live an interesting and bright life, Knew Love, achieved triumph and experienced disappointment.