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Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for 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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science · British radio astronomer (1924–2021) · astronomer · astrophysicist · physicist · university teacher · Nobel Prize winner · also Antony Hewish, Hewish
Born 11 May 1924 · Died 13 September 2021 · Q189990
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Won Hughes Medal (1977).
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“The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is non-intuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief ... may seem strange to common-sense thinking. But when the most elementary physical things behave in this way, we should be prepared to accept that the deepest aspects of our existence go beyond our common-sense understanding.”
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Physics World: Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish dies aged 97
The Washington Post: Antony Hewish, astronomer who won Nobel Prize for the discovery of pulsars, dies at 97
Republican Herald: Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97
Died 2021-09-13.
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Hewish died on 13 September 2021, aged 97.
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The Scientist: Antony Hewish
Won Hughes Medal (1977).
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1974).
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Awarded Holweck Prize (1974).
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(together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his role in the discovery of pulsars
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For work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and for Hewish's decisive role in the discovery of pulsars
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Won Albert A. Michelson Medal (1973).
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Won Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1971).
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Won Eddington Medal (1969).
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Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (1969)
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Was invited to co-deliver the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on "Exploration of the Universe"
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Secured funding to construct his design, the Interplanetary Scintillation Array, at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) outside Cambridge
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Leading the team that built the array and made the discovery, and providing the interpretation"
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Hewish made practical and theoretical advances in the observation and exploitation of the scintillations of astronomical radio sources, due to foreground plasma
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Hewish completed his undergraduate degree and became a postgraduate student in Ryle's research team at the Cavendish Laboratory
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Born 1924-05-11.
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