Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

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Lot 111 | Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

Black Holes and Baby Universes. 1993

HAWKING, Stephen (1942-2018). Black Holes and Baby Universes and other essays. London: Bantam Books, 1993.



First edition of this collection of Hawking's essays and lectures, 'signed' with authorial thumbprint. The book is mainly concerned with the makeup of black holes, and discusses black hole thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and quantum mechanics. The preliminary chapters are biographical, and the book concludes with the transcription of Hawking's interview on the BBC's Desert Island Discs.



Octavo (233 x 150mm). Half-title (fine condition internally). Publisher's black cloth, blue pictorial dustjacket (both cloth and dustjacket in fine condition). Provenance: Stephen Hawking (thumbprint presentation to:) – David Howard (Hawking’s laryngologist).

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