It ’s been more than 50 years since a 24 - yr - one-time PhD student named Stephen Hawking write his thesis on the nature of an expand universe . Now , in honor of Open Access Week , Mashablereports that Cambridge University has made the newspaper publisher freely useable to the public online for the first time . Stephen Hawking said in astatement , " Anyone , anywhere in the world should have free , unhindered access to not just my research , but to the enquiry of every heavy and inquire mind across the spectrum of human agreement . " There ’s just one problem : The number of people oversupply Cambridge ’s server to take his workplace is crashing the site .
Within 24 hours of going live , Properties of Expanding Universeswas download about 60,000 time . The number of visitor merely view therepository pagethat linked to the thesis reached nearly 410,000 in that same amount of meter . The server is habitual to handling document that receive100 viewsa month , and as a resultant role the open access site " is perform slower than usual and may at times be temporarily unavailable " a spokesperson of the university state Mashable .
property of expand Universesmarks one of Hawking ’s early endeavor in hislifelong missionto make a " complete agreement of the existence , why it is as it is , and why it exist at all . " It control four chapter that examine the " implications and consequences of the expansion of the existence " and touches on everything from gravitative radiation therapy to singularities .
Users who successfully make it onto Cambridge ’s internet site will have the option to download flat versions of the paper or a high - resolution 72 megabyte filing cabinet . Based on the current state of the school ’s server , you may have meter to read the rest ofHawking ’s writingson the property of the universe of discourse while you wait .
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