translated from Spanish: They auctioned the wheelchair of Stephen Hawking

London: the wheelchair used by the physicist Stephen Hawking was sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds (393.000 dollars) and a copy of his thesis raised almost 585,000 pounds (767,000 dollars (es), said Thursday the auction house Christie’s. Chair motorized, used by Hawking when he was paralysed by motor neurone disease, raised 296.750 pounds in an online auction. It was expected that it might sell for 15,000 pounds.  The profits will go to two charities: the Foundation Stephen Hawking and the Association of motor neuron diseases.  The thesis of the University of Cambridge in 1965 by Hawking, “Properties of the expanding universes”, sold for 584.750 pounds, more than triple the predicted.  

Illustrative photo: Flickr diagnosed with at the age of 22 motor neurone disease and with little hope of life, Hawking died in March of 2018 at age 76. Expanded scientific knowledge about black holes and the origins of the universe, and attained a celebrity status to write successful books and a guest on “The Simpsons” star.  

Photo: Capture a dash of his appearances in the animated television program sold for 6,250 pounds at the auction of 22 articles of Hawking, while a collection of his medals and awards collected 296.750 pounds.  His daughter, Lucy Hawking, said the sale gave the “fans of his work the opportunity to acquire a memory of the extraordinary life of our father in the form of a small selection of evocative and fascinating articles”.  Hawking children expect to preserve its scientific archive for the nation. Christie’s takes charge of the negotiations to hand him over to the British authorities instead of a succession tax.   
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