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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018 (mathematician and theoretical physicist)

 Person

Biography

Stephen William Hawking (1942- ), Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge 1979-2009, published 'A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes', 1988.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Stephen Hawking: Versions of 'A Brief History of Time'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9222
Scope and Contents

Typescript copies 'of different versions from my first draft to the version I submitted for publication' (from an explanatory letter, present) of 'A Brief History of Time'.

Dates: 1986 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Stephen W. Hawking: first edition and printing of A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10243
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition/first printing of the US edition published by Bantam, New York. The volume is flagged using post-it notes and has corrections in red pen. This First Issue was suppressed - most copies withdrawn and destroyed due to errors, including factual errors. No contents page and no dedication (as issued.)

Dates: 1988
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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