Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Material
Maker
Place
Date
Bet on the 'Black Hole Information Paradox'

Bet on the 'Black Hole Information Paradox'

1997

James Lovelock’s notes for a lecture about detecting life on other planets

James Lovelock’s notes for a lecture about detecting life on other planets

1966

Scientific bet on naked singularities (first bet)

Scientific bet on naked singularities (first bet)

1991

cloud chamber photograph of meson

cloud chamber photograph of meson

1936-1938

Prototypes of chemical detectors, including palladium transmodulators and a coulometric electron capture detector, made by James Lovelock

Prototypes of chemical detectors, including palladium transmodulators and a coulometric electron capture detector, made by James Lovelock

1975

Apparatus for simulating Martian atmospheric pressure, made by James Lovelock

Apparatus for simulating Martian atmospheric pressure, made by James Lovelock

1960-1969

Black and white photographic print showing a shower of three negative electrons and three positrons

Black and white photographic print showing a shower of three negative electrons and three positrons

1935-1937

Scientific bet on naked singularities (second bet)

Scientific bet on naked singularities (second bet)

1997

Photograph showing a cosmic ray positron of 900 million volts energy

Photograph showing a cosmic ray positron of 900 million volts energy

1935-1937

Preprint of article: Fundamental Breakdown of Physics in Gravitational Collapse (1975)

Preprint of article: Fundamental Breakdown of Physics in Gravitational Collapse (1975)

1975

Black and white photographic print showing a shower of over 100 particles

Black and white photographic print showing a shower of over 100 particles

1935-1937

Black and white photographic print showing a cosmic ray negative electron of 1300 million volts energy

Black and white photographic print showing a cosmic ray negative electron of 1300 million volts energy

1935-1937

Black and white photographic print showing a disintegration produced in a lead plate by cosmic rays

Black and white photographic print showing a disintegration produced in a lead plate by cosmic rays

1935-1937

Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a positron through a 0.35 cm. lead  plate

Black and white photographic print showing the passage of a positron through a 0.35 cm. lead plate

1935-1937

Typed document with two handwritten signatures and a thumbprint. Bet By Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne against John Preskill. Signed in Pasadena, California, 6 February 1997.

Bet on the 'Black Hole Information Paradox'

1997

Typed Document signed (with thumbprint). Bet with John Preskill. 5 February 1997.

Scientific bet on naked singularities (second bet)

1997