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Polaroid Land Camera Model 95

Polaroid Land Camera Model 95

1948-1953

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

1957

Haemoglobin model

Haemoglobin model

1967

BBC B Micro Computer

BBC B Micro Computer

circa 1983

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

Pye 'Cambridge International' 11-band broadcast receiver, 1953

1953

Reporter mobile radiophone, 1951-1953

Reporter mobile radiophone, 1951-1953

1951-1953

Incubator used in the development of IVF

Incubator used in the development of IVF

1977

Pye PTC 2007 radio telephone, 1955-1964

Pye PTC 2007 radio telephone, 1955-1964

1955-1964

Thomas Lewis’ electrocardiograph

Thomas Lewis’ electrocardiograph

1930

Sensecam, made by Microsoft Research Ltd

Sensecam, made by Microsoft Research Ltd

2004-2010

ARM1 microchip

ARM1 microchip

1985

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation

Foucault Pendulum for Demonstrating the Earth's Rotation

1988

Custom-made speech synthesiser for Stephen Hawking

Custom-made speech synthesiser for Stephen Hawking

1985-1995

Chadwick's neutron detector

Chadwick's neutron detector

1932

Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.

Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.

1918-1925

Cockroft and Walton's Accelerator

Cockroft and Walton's Accelerator

1932

Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

Parts from the Cambridge Interplanetary Scintillation Array

1967

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics

1926

Pye 'Black Box' record player, introduced 1954.

Pye 'Black Box' record player, introduced 1954.

1954

Tube used in the discovery of the electron, about 1896

Tube used in the discovery of the electron, about 1896

1896

Rocking microtome, Cambridge, England, 1885

Rocking microtome, Cambridge, England, 1885

1885

Pye Bantam radio telephone sets, 1963-1965

Pye Bantam radio telephone sets, 1963-1965

1963-1965

Meccano differential analyser, 1947

Meccano differential analyser, 1947

1947

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Fay Dowker, titled: Space-time wormholes

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Fay Dowker, titled: Space-time wormholes

1990

Tube Cube television

Tube Cube television

circa 1980

Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, Cambridge, England, 1986

Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, Cambridge, England, 1986

1986

Gold plated BBC Micro personal computer

Gold plated BBC Micro personal computer

1985

Forest of Rods model of myoglobin

Forest of Rods model of myoglobin

1960

Robotuna, Prototype Underwater Robot, 1995

Robotuna, Prototype Underwater Robot, 1995

1995

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Brian Whitt, titled: Gravity: a quantum theory?

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Brian Whitt, titled: Gravity: a quantum theory?

1988

Portable electrocardiograph machine, Cambridge, England, 1928

Portable electrocardiograph machine, Cambridge, England, 1928

1928

Sinclair ZX 81 microcomputer, 1981-1985

Sinclair ZX 81 microcomputer, 1981-1985

1981-1985

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Giovanni Paolo Procopio, titled: Black holes on the brane

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Giovanni Paolo Procopio, titled: Black holes on the brane

2007

Pam 710 transistor receiver

Pam 710 transistor receiver

1960

Eyeglasses fitted with analogue infrared sensor

Eyeglasses fitted with analogue infrared sensor

2014

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Model 2

1974-1977

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Alexander Kaus, titled: Extremal charged brane world black holes

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Alexander Kaus, titled: Extremal charged brane world black holes

2011

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Paul Shellard, titled: Quantum Effects in the Early Universe

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Paul Shellard, titled: Quantum Effects in the Early Universe

1986

Sinclair ZX80 microcomputer, 1980.

Sinclair ZX80 microcomputer, 1980.

1980

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Friedel Epple, titled: String scattering amplitudes and effective action for toroidal orientifolds

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Friedel Epple, titled: String scattering amplitudes and effective action for toroidal orientifolds

2006

Polaroid Barbie camera

Polaroid Barbie camera

1999

Essay submitted for the Adams Prize by Stephen Hawking, with a geometrical approach to the big bang theory of the universe

Essay submitted for the Adams Prize by Stephen Hawking, with a geometrical approach to the big bang theory of the universe

1966

Cambridge electrite direct-writing electrocardiograph machine

Cambridge electrite direct-writing electrocardiograph machine

1950

Book with proceedings of the 1982 Nuffield workshop "The Very Early Universe"

Book with proceedings of the 1982 Nuffield workshop "The Very Early Universe"

1983

Wilson expansion apparatus

Wilson expansion apparatus

1912-1913

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

Engravings of colour sketches showing solar prominences by Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

1872

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Ian Moss, titled: Phase transitions in the early universe

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Ian Moss, titled: Phase transitions in the early universe

1982

Stephen Hawking's first book, co-authored with George Ellis

Stephen Hawking's first book, co-authored with George Ellis

1974

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Marika Taylor, titled: Problems in M theory

PhD thesis by Hawking's student Marika Taylor, titled: Problems in M theory

1999