Stephen Hawking, Garik Israelian, Brian May

Starmus 50 Years Of Man In Space, bearing the thumbprint of Stephen Hawking.

• Edited by Garik Israelian (Armenian-Spanish) and Brian May (English).
• Forward by Stephen Hawking (English).
• United Kingdom: Canopus Publishing Ltd., (Starmus), 2014.
• Signed with the thumbprint of Stephen Hawking.
• Hardbound.
• Photographic illustrations.
• With authentication inscription to front endpaper "This is the right thumb print of Professor Stephen Hawking witness by George Zhao", together with a letter of authenticity signed by Stephen Grocutt, and 5 other photographic ephemera relating to Hawking, together all items preserved in smart wooden box.

Stephen Hawking led the Starmus festival in 2014. A unique science outreach event dedicated to the latest thinking of some of the world's greatest minds on the nature of the Universe, Hawking was keynote speaker, delivering two lectures on the origin of the universe and the origin of black holes. Stephen Grocutt was a member of Stephen Hawking's private healthcare team from 2015-2017, traveling with him around the world. Also included alongside the letter of authenticity signed by Stephen Grocutt is a photograph of Mr Grocutt together with Professor Hawking in London on the evening of his BBC Radio 4 Reith Lecture on blackholes. Qihui Zhao who signs as George Zhao worked as Professor Hawking's medical assistant for many years.