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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

Topics: Believe Challenge Difficult Duty Enjoy Excitement General General Public Ideas Pleasure Presenting Public Scientists Share Understandable Way Work I Believe

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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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Topics: Atlantic Boats Coast Developed Grew Love Sea Up

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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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Topics: Cambridge College Educated King University

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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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Topics: Bell Charts Construction Graduate Graduate Student Helping Joined Member Paper Project Sky Student Survey Team Then

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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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Topics: Audiences Been Concern General Major More Physics Teaching University Wider

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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 Hewish

Topics: Able Also Clouds Estimate Height Make Measurements Physical Pioneering Region Scale Speeds Thus Wind

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: May 11th, 1924

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