Many universities this week are marking Open Access Week. The yearly event centers on improving the online availability of academic research to the public. Cambridge University in England celebrated by releasing the 1966 doctoral thesis of Stephen Hawking for free online. Hawking was a graduate student at Cambridge. Hawking is the world's best-known physicist. He completed his thesis, Properties of Expanding Universes, when he was just 24 years old. The work explores ideas about the origins of the universe -- ideas that Hawking has studied throughout his career. News of Hawking’s publicly available thesis spread quickly. Within hours, Cambridge’s website collapsed because of the high number of people trying to access the research paper.
Title: Stephen Hawking Paper ‘Breaks’ Cambridge Website
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releasing the 1966 doctoral thesis of Stephen Hawking for free online.</span> <span data-start-time='30208' data-end-time='34667'>Hawking was a graduate student at Cambridge.</span> <span data-start-time='34667' data-end-time='39125'>Hawking is the world's best-known physicist.</span> <span data-start-time='39125' data-end-time='49313'>He completed his thesis, Properties of Expanding Universes, when he was just 24 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='49313' data-end-time='55250'>The work explores ideas about the origins of the universe --</span> <span data-start-time='55250' data-end-time='60917'>ideas that Hawking has studied throughout his career.</span> <span data-start-time='60917' data-end-time='67333'>News of Hawking’s publicly available thesis spread quickly.</span> <span data-start-time='67333' data-end-time='78375'>Within hours, Cambridge’s website collapsed because of the high number of people trying to access the research paper.</span> </p></div><div 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