The last signature of the king of physics Stephen Hawking in a special book is being auctioned more than a month after his death.
According to Live science, the book The Archaeology of the Industrial Revolution (roughly translated: Archeology of the Industrial Revolution) with a handwritten signature was a gift from Stephen Hawking to a colleague in 1973.
Stephen Hawking’s final handwritten signature.
This is the last rare signature of Mr. Stephen Hawking before he can no longer hold the pen because of the terrible disease.
His gift was sent to a colleague when he quit his job at the Astronomical Institute of the University of Cambridge, England.
Stephen Hawking’s rare handwriting, written in blue ink, appears on the first page of the book. His autograph reads “Thank you very much and all the best”.
The book, signed by Stephen Hawking, is auctioned off with a starting price of ,000.
The auction organizer commented: “A wonderful item, the skill appeared in a short time with Stephen Hawking’s deteriorating physical condition but also at a time when his intellectual achievements accelerated. fast”.
The same year he signed the book, he published the first book on space science “The large scale structure of space-time”, which was a great success, becoming a world classic.
Stephen Hawking has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis since he was 21 years old. By 1975, he was completely wheelchair dependent. He passed away on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76 at his home after more than 40 years of inspiring the will to overcome adversity to millions of people around the world.