The donation of a vintage first-edition Stephen Hawking book made to the University of Victoria Libraries archive this year yielded an additional prize.
Folded inside the book B次元官网网址� a 1973 copy of the book The large scale structure of space-time by Hawking and G.F.R. Ellis B次元官网网址� was a personalized letter from the famous English physicist, Hawking, to the bookB次元官网网址檚 owner, retired UVic professor emeritus and physicist Werner Israel.
B次元官网网址淲hat surprises me most is what ends up in the books." Read about a letter from Stephen Hawking found tucked into a donated book, and a friendship that spans 50 years with a UVic Physics professor.
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Now 87, Israel was once a colleague of HawkingB次元官网网址檚 and co-edited two published works, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey and Three Hundred Years of Gravitation. His donation to UVic Libraries includes plenty of books but the biggest find was the letter, as reported in the recent issue of the Ring Magazine.
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B次元官网网址淟ibrary staff discovered a signed letter from Stephen to Israel, dated February 6, 1981 B次元官网网址� the letter was tucked into the back dust jacket, along with two newspaper clippings about HawkingB次元官网网址檚 latest accomplishment, and IsraelB次元官网网址檚 pencilled summary of important formulae on the flyleaf.B次元官网网址�
Israel added that his role in editing the books used his expertise but did not involve active research, he said.
B次元官网网址淏次元官网网址here was no need for daily consultation after the initial planning of topics and authors. I undertook most of the routine work, which would have been a burden for Stephen. But it was, of course, StephenB次元官网网址檚 name and charisma which brought ready acceptances from all of the distinguished authors we invited.B次元官网网址�
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Later, Hawking nominated Israel for B次元官网网址淔ellowship of the Royal SocietyB次元官网网址� which he achieved in 1986.
Werner still volunteers with ESL students and lives with his wife Inge.
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