Rare Stephen Hawking Signature to be Auctioned
Los Angeles - A book signed by Stephen Hawking in 1973 will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on April 26, 2018.
The late physicist signed the book, ''The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution'' in 1973 shortly before he was unable to write his name due to ALS. The book was signed by several members of the Theoretical Astronomy at Cambridge University to commemorate an employee leaving his job as a computer operator.
Hawking was a researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Cambridge from 1968-1973. It was at the Institute in 1973, he published his first important book, ''The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time.''
Hawking died on March 14, 2018.
Bidding for the book begins at $28,000.
Additional information on the pen can be found at
http://natedsanders.com/Stephen_Hawking_Signed_Book_From_1973____One_of_th-LOT48985.aspx
