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Antony Hewish Quotes
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British Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 11, 1924
Nationality:
British
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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 Hewish

I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.
Antony Hewish

I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.
Antony Hewish

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 Hewish

Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
Antony Hewish

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 Hewish



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