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Antony Hewish [1924-0] British
Rank: 108
Scientist, Astronomer


Antony Hewish FRS is a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars. 


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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.
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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.
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I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.
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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.
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Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.
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I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.
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