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Stephen Hawking's thesis, wheelchair heading for auction
LONDON (Reuters) - From a copy of his PhD thesis to his wheelchair, items belonging to Stephen Hawking are headed for auction, offering fans of the late British physicist famed for his work exploring the origins of the universe a chance to buy some of his possessions.
Known for his acclaimed research on black holes, the wheelchair-bound Hawking, who suffered from motor neurone disease and used an electronic voice synthesizer, died in March at the age of 76.
“On the Shoulders of Giants”, which also features documents penned by Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, will feature 22 lots from Hawking’s estate, including one of five known copies of his PhD thesis, “Properties of expanding universes”, estimated at 100,000-150,000 pounds ($127,480 - $191,220).
“Stephen Hawking was a huge personality worldwide. He had this amazing ability to connect with people,” Thomas Venning, head of the Books and Manuscripts department at auction house Christie’s London, told Reuters.
“The whole idea...was to provide something that was accessible to his admirers so that people could connect with him and remember his extraordinary story.”
Also at The Guardian, The Register
(Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Sunday November 04 2018, @01:16PM (1 child)
I know I'm probably one of the last people to have comments about grammars but was it just me or was that one confusing headline? Shouldn't there have been an AND in there instead of a ,? I was left wondering if it was the thesis or the wheelchair or both or was the thesis about wheelchair auctions.
On that note does the wheelchair come with the super cool robot voice machine or is that somehow sold (or auctioned) separately?
(Score: 5, Touché) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday November 04 2018, @01:44PM
"Wheelchair Heading for Auction" is a very strange title for a thesis.
Replacing "and" with a comma is a stupid tradition from the time of print media. It didn't really make much sense then, and it should be killed off completely now. And don't get me started on how stupid title case is...
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