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Writings by Hawking - Published, 1964 - 2005

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10440/18

Scope and Contents

This series contains drafts, preprints, proofs, and reprints of works authored or co-authored by Hawking. Drafts are primarily typescripts or printouts, some are handwritten or annotated by hand. Some of the earlier works are accompanied by an identifying note in the hand of an unidentified postgraduate student or graduate assistant from Hawking's research group.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964 - 2005

Language of Materials

A Spanish translation is included for one work.

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The Stephen Hawking Archive is generally available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Access to some files is restricted in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018. Access to some files is temporarily restricted pending conservation treatment. See individual file entries for details. Audiovisual and digital content requires further processing to make it accessible for consultation; this material does not currently appear in this catalogue. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

129 file(s)

Arrangement

Loose documents were assembled into files by the archivist unless otherwise indicated. This section is ordered according to a publication list produced by Hawking’s office, which included publications up to May 2002 [see copies in MS.Add 10440/1/3 and /17/1]. The list is chronological, but does not adhere strictly to publication date. The list does not distinguish between technical and popular writings, or between books and articles. All works included on the list are included in this series, without judgement as to whether they would conventionally be considered published. Works that were not included on the list but were clearly published in some form are included at the end of the list in chronological order, as are later works published after the 2002 listing. In some cases where publications were based on a lecture (or vice versa), there are prepublication drafts in the lecture series, MS Add.10440/19 [which was mostly acquired in labelled folders].

General

Most handwritten drafts or handwritten annotations to typescripts are written in the hand of others, often unidentified. Where they appear to be in Hawking's own hand, this is specifically noted. Unannotated copies of typescripts including author name, institutional affiliation and references are generally described as preprints. The identifying notes written by an unidentified member of Hawking's group are not included in the stated date range of the material; their date is unknown but is expected to postdate the material they accompany by many years.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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