Stephen Hawking's belongings headed for auction

Some of his belongings including essays, medals, awards and a copy of his book a “Brief History of Time” signed with a thumbprint were sold online on Thursday. Hawking’s 117-page dissertation “Properties of expanding universes” from 1965 sold for nearly 600,000 pounds.

Auction house Christies ran the nine-day online auction called “On the Shoulders of Giants” to raise money for the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.