“Occurrence of Singularities in Open Universes” in Physical Review Letters. Volume 15, Number 17. 25 October 1965

by Stephen Hawking

$6,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

New York: American Physical Society, 1965. The first appearance of Stephen Hawking’s first published paper. Entire journal issue, pp. 687-720, with Hawking’s contribution on pp. 689-690. Bound in original side-stapled blue wraps stamped in black. Near Fine with trivial wear, paper mailing label to rear cover. Published the year before Hawking earned his PhD. Item #140948087

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