Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas Made Simple

What theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has contributed to our body of knowledge fills many volumes. A good short course is his most popular book, A Brief History of Time. But if you never get around to even that much, here's the sound bite version of Hawking's biggest ideas in an animation from the Guardian's "made Simple" series. Who knows? This might inspire you to pick up the book! (via Brain Pickings)