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$Completed in 1966 when Hawking was 24, \Properties of Expanding Universes\ explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientists career.$ Science

How to download Stephen Hawking's Ph.D which crashed the website after...

The university says the thesis was already the most-requested item in its online repository.

24 Oct 2017 9:05 AM IST

Other documents, an invitation for a reception for Time Travellers as well as a motorised wheelchair Hawking used, are also being sold in the Oct. 31 - Nov. 8 online auction. (Photo: Hawking.org.uk)

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Stephen Hawking's thesis, wheelchair heading for auction

Also up for sale is a copy of Hawking's best-selling book A Brief History of Time signed with his thumb print.

31 Oct 2018 2:17 PM IST

Stephen Hawking passes away at 76 (Photo: AFP)

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There is no God: Stephen Hawking's final book reveals his answers to...

His book now reveals that according to Hawking, there is no afterlife or supreme being.

16 Oct 2018 2:21 PM IST

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Here's what Stephen Hawking's final fear was

Celebrated professor was afraid of the rise of superhumans resistant to disease.

15 Oct 2018 12:35 PM IST

In this file photo, Britains Professor Stephen Hawking is presented with his illuminated Freedom scroll by the Chamberlain of the City of London Peter Kane as he receives the Honorary Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London. (Photo: AP)

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Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for $1 million

Hawking's 117-page dissertation Properties of expanding universes from 1965 sold for 584,750 pounds.

10 Nov 2018 9:54 AM IST

A copy of the scientists doctoral thesis fetched almost 585,000 pounds (USD767,000). (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

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Stephen Hawking's wheelchair sells for USD 393,000 at auction

Proceeds from the sale will go to two charities, the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease...

9 Nov 2018 11:33 AM IST

Mark Carney, the governor of Bank of England, recently opened the public nominations. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Bank of England invites public to nominate British scientist to appear...

Public has six weeks to register their nominations on the bank's website, with Carney making the selection to be...

3 Nov 2018 2:32 PM IST

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Find out what was Stephen Hawking's final gift to the world

Late physicist's final act of kindness brought fans to tears as they learnt he had paid for huge Easter meal for...

3 April 2018 3:39 PM IST

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Indian scientists protest congress speakers discrediting works of...

Scientists in Kolkata and five other cities carried placards and held silent demonstrations against the comments.

8 Jan 2019 10:23 AM IST

A home-grown theatre artist, Jyoti Dogra, is on a mission to unravel a rather personal and philosophical engagement that the humans have with one of the most fascinating aspects of the cosmos through her play The Black Hole.

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The gravity of death

In Jyoti Dogra's latest play, the connection between human condition and astrophysics gets unravelled.

18 Jun 2019 1:45 AM IST

A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane, By Samanth Subramanian Simon & Schuster, Rs 799.

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Fondly remembering the world's last polymath

Serious students of genetics and medicine would no doubt still be exposed to Haldane's work.

12 Jan 2020 1:56 AM IST

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The man who beat Hawking at more than table tennis

Hawking had posed a query and this was clarified by Narlikar, saying that Hawking had missed the non-linear character...

16 March 2018 1:22 AM IST