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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 23 OcTOber 2018
Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis for sale

By JILL LAWLESS scientific evolution and a
Associated Press glimpse into his personal
LONDON (AP) — Stephen story.
Hawking was a cosmic vi- "He was diagnosed with
sionary, a figure of inspira- ALS (amyotrophic lateral
tion and a global celebrity. sclerosis) just as he arrived
His unique status is reflect- in Cambridge to begin
ed in an upcoming auction his Ph.D. studies," Venning
of some of the late physi- said. "He gave up his stud-
cist's possessions: It includes ies for a time because he
complex scientific papers, was so despondent.
one of the world's most The thesis "was the fruit of
iconic wheelchairs and a him reapplying himself to
script from "The Simpsons." his scientific work," Venning
The online sale announced said, and Hawking "kept it
Monday by auctioneer beside him for the rest of
Christie's features 22 items his life." The disease even-
from Hawking, including his tually left Hawking almost
doctoral thesis on the ori- completely paralyzed. He
gins of the universe, some communicated through
of his many awards, and a voice-generating com-
scientific papers such as puter and moved in a se-
"Spectrum of Wormholes" ries of high-tech wheel-
and "Fundamental Break- chairs. One is included in
down of Physics in Gravita- the sale, with an estimated
tional Collapse." A Book, and scripts by Stephen Hawking are among the personal and academic possessions of price of 10,000 pounds to
Thomas Venning, head of Stephen Hawking at the auction house Christies in London, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. 15,000 pounds ($13,000 to
books and manuscripts at Associated Press $19,500). Proceeds from its
Christie's, said the papers sale will go to two charities,
"trace the development of Of course, Hawking's fame survived for decades, dy- estimated price of 100,000 the Stephen Hawking Foun-
his thought — this brilliant, rests only partly on his scien- ing in March at 76. pounds to 150,000 pounds dation and the Motor Neu-
electrifying intelligence." tific status as the cosmolo- The auction includes one ($130,000 to $195,000). rone Disease Association.
"You can see each ad- gist who put black holes on of five existing copies of Venning said the the- Venning said the wheel-
vance as he produced it the map. Hawking's 1965 Cambridge sis, signed by Hawking in chair became a symbol
and introduced it to the Diagnosed with motor neu- University Ph.D. thesis, handwriting made shaky not just of disability but of
scientific community," Ven- ron disease at 22 and given "Properties of Expanding by his illness, is both a key Hawking's "puckish sense of
ning said. just a few years to live, he Universes," which carries an document in the physicist's humor."q

2 rarely seen Hemingway stories coming out

By HILLEL ITALIE the Spanish Civil War, was kis said during a telephone
Associated Press in the news earlier this year. interview. He declined to
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Er- It was a favorite of Sen. comment further on why
nest Hemingway stories John McCain, who died in they had decided to pub-
written in the mid-1950s August, and the title of an lish the 1950s stories, part of
and rarely seen since will HBO documentary about the Ernest Hemingway Col-
be published next year. the Arizona Republican lection at the John F. Ken-
The director of Heming- and Vietnam War veteran. nedy Library and Museum
way's literary estate, Mi- Katakis, whose "Ernest in Boston.
chael Katakis, told The As- Hemingway: Artifacts from Hemingway wrote five
sociated Press recently that a Life" comes out this week, pieces in 1956, reflecting
"The Monument" and "Indi- has overseen numerous upon his time as a corre-
an Country and the White posthumous projects. He spondent and participant
Army" will be included with has worked in coordina- in World War II. He would
a special reissue of the au- tion with the author's son, tell his publisher, Charles
thor's classic "For Whom the Patrick Hemingway, on reis- Scribner Jr., the stories likely
Bell Tolls." The new edition sues of "A Moveable Feast," needed to come out after
also will include the story ''Green Hills of Africa" and his death because they
"A Room on the Garden other books, along with the were "a little shocking" and
Side," which had been little controversial publication of dealt "with irregular troops
known beyond the schol- "True at First Light," which and combat and with peo-
arly community before The Ernest Hemingway had left ple who actually kill peo-
Strand Magazine published unfinished when he killed ple."
it over the summer. himself in 1961. One of those works, "Black
"For Whom the Bell Tolls: "I've been talking to Patrick Ass at the Crossroads," was
The Hemingway Library Edi- for a long time and we al- released years ago. Anoth-
tion" is scheduled for the ways ask the same ques- In this Nov. 1960 file photo, U.S. novelist Ernest Hemingway at- er story, "The Bubble Repu-
summer of 2019. The cel- tion, 'Is there a reason for tends a bullfight in Madrid, Spain. tation," will for now remain
ebrated novel, set during this to be released?'" Kata- Associated Press unpublished.q