On November 8, 2018, one of the earliest wheelchairs used by Stephen Hawking fetched a whopping sum of nearly £300,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost £585,000. How did a theoretical physicist turn into one of the most celebrated scientists of recent times? A.S.Ganesh gives you the answer with a brief look at his life and work…
Hawking, the celebrity theoretical physicist
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On November 8, 2018, one of the earliest wheelchairs used by Stephen Hawking fetched a whopping sum of nearly £300,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost £585,000. How did a theoretical physicist turn into one of the most celebrated scientists of recent times? A.S.Ganesh gives you the answer with a brief look at his life and work…
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- Hawking, the celebrity theoretical physicist.
- On November 8, 2018, one of the earliest wheelchairs used by Stephen Hawking fetched a whopping sum of nearly £300,000, while a copy of his doctoral thesis fetched almost £585,000.
- How did a theoretical physicist turn into one of the most celebrated scientists of recent times?
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