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Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.
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Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.
6 Quotes by Antony Hewish
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Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
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I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
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I was educated at King’s College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
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Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
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I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)
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Jocelyn Bell joined the project as a graduate student in 1965, helping as a member of the construction team and then analysing the paper charts of the sky survey.
Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021)