Stephen Hawking's wheelchair auction and doctoral thesis

Some items associated with physical genius will be brought to auction later this month.

The physicist family, British educator Stephen Hawking has decided to bring the auction of 22 physical genius auction items. Including a wheelchair, a doctoral dissertation, a number of awards and scientific documents are things that stick with him all his life, Daily Mail reported.

This information was officially announced by Christie's auction house (UK) on October 22. Mr. Thomas Venning in charge of the book and manuscript section at Christie's said that these documents represent the 'thought development process' of the great brain.

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The book "A Brief History of Time" attached to the name of the genius physicist.(Photo: AP).

Among the auction items, there was one of his five doctoral theses at Cambridge in 1965 on the subject of 'Properties of Expanding Universes' , expected to cost up. to USD 195,000 (4.57 billion VND). In particular, this dissertation was also signed by the doctor with a shaky character due to illness. This is considered an important document in the development of physical science and represents the story of the scientist himself.

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His wheelchair will be auctioned at an expected price of US $ 13,000-19,500.(Photo: GETTY).

His wheelchair is expected to be auctioned for $ 13,000-19,500. Venning said the wheelchair has become a symbol of Hawking genius scientist.

These items will be on display in London from October 30 and the auction will be held from October 31 to November 8. The proceeds will be donated to two charitable funds, Stephen Hawking and the Association of Motor Neuropsis.

Stephen Hawking is considered a bright star in science, who has deep insights into modern cosmology and is the idol of millions of people around the world. He passed away on March 14 at the age of 76.