The Office And Collection Of Stephen Hawking Will Be On Exhibit

Two UK cultural organizations have acquired items belonging to Professor Stephen Hawking, ranging from seminal works on theoretical physics to Simpsons scripts.

Prof Hawking's trove of scientific and personal documents will remain at Cambridge University Library thanks to a remarkable acceptance in lieu (AIL) arrangement between the university library, the Science Museum Group, and the UK government. Prof Hawking's writings have now been added to those of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, thanks to Cambridge's acquisition of the 10,000-page archive.

Moreover, “There is something profoundly meaningful to me about the record being maintained in Cambridge where he conducted his work, besides the task of his hero, Newton, and the many other academics who have lived and studied in Cambridge, that is a really essential part of the legacy,” Jessica Gardner, a librarian at Cambridge University, told PA.