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Hawking Archive made available to historians and researchers
Huge collection of personal and scientific material now available to all
Across 113 boxes of archive material is a treasure trove of tens of thousands of pages of papers relating to his work on theoretical physics, early drafts of his bestselling A Brief History of Time, as well as photographs and scripts from films and TV series like The Simpsons, The X Files and Futurama. Professor Hawking’s family wanted his work to be made freely available to future generations of scientists and struck a landmark Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) agreement with HMRC, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Cambridge University Library and Science Museum Group in 2021. "The Stephen Hawking Archive shows how working and communication methods of scientists and authors have changed since the 1960s, from producing handwritten drafts and letters to typescripts, slides, diagrams, word processed documents and digital files," added Dean.
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