C.B. Collins and Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).

‘The Rotation and Distortion of the Universe'. Extract from: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 162, pp.307-320. [London:] 1973. Provenance: the estate of the late Professor Stephen Hawking.

Further investigations by Collins and Hawking on how an isotropic universe might be unstable. They consider how background microwave radiation might place limits on large-scale anisotropies in different Bianchi type universes, including types IX (closed Universe) and V (hyperbolic Universe).

Octavo (248 x 170mm). Stapled self-wrappers, (punch holes).

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