George and the Big Bang
George and the Big Bang by Lucy Hawking is a 2010 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Stephen Hawking, paired here with the talk they gave.
George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysterious message from George's old nemesis, Reeper, there. Includes scientific essays exploring the latest theories on the origin of the universe.
The paired TED talk
Questioning the universe (2008), the TED talk by Stephen Hawking.