Stephen Hawking’s archive, office acquired for UK public

A large collection of items belonging to late physicist Stephen Hawking have been acquired by London’s Science Museum and the Cambridge University library.

London’s Science Museum and the Cambridge University library said Wednesday they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist Stephen Hawking, from his personalised wheelchairs to landmark papers on theoretical physics and his scripts from his appearance on “The Simpsons.” The entire contents of Hawking’s office at Cambridge — including his communications equipment, memorabilia, bets he made on scientific debates and office furniture — will be preserved as part of the collection belonging to the Science Museum Group. READ: Remembering Stephen Hawking, the universe-deducing physicist who never let his body hold him back