“I find it hard to imagine anything more inspiring for engineers than to provide clean energy for the world.”
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Martin Rees
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galax…
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science · British astrophysicist (born 1942) · physicist · astronomer · politician · university teacher · astrophysicist · cosmologist · also Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, FREng, FMedSci, Lord Martin Rees, Professor Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, Sir Martin Rees
Born 23 June 1942 · Q335213
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2026· 2 entries
“s open attitude to religious matters, Dawkins labelled the Cambridge cosmologist a”
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2024· 3 entries
Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (2024).
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New Scientist: Martin Rees: Why challenge prizes can solve our most pressing issues
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For fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology
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2023· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
New Scientist: Martin Rees interview: Elon Musk could spawn the first post-humans
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2020· 1 entry
Won Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology (2020).
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: Be wary of Elon Musk despoiling the ‘vault of heaven’ | Martin Rees
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The Guardian: Martin Rees: ‘Climate change is a doddle compared with terraforming Mars’
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The Guardian: Can we all move to Mars? Prof Martin Rees on space exploration – video
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Lilienfeld Prize (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2016).
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Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2016).
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2015· 4 entries
The Guardian: My hero: Lisa Jardine by Martin Rees
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Awarded Marcel Grossmann Award (2015).
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Awarded Nierenberg Prize (2015).
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Was co-author of the report that launched the Global Apollo Programme, which calls for developed nations to commit to spending 0
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2014· 1 entry
Instigated a programme of new challenge prizes of £5-10m under the name "Longitude Prize 2014" for which he chairs the advisory board
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2013· 2 entries
Won ICTP Dirac Medal (2013).
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Gizmodo: Astronomer Martin Rees explains how posthumans will colonize space
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2012· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of ETH Zürich (2012).
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Won Dalton Medal (2012).
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Won Isaac Newton Medal (2012).
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The Guardian: Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe by Martin Rees – review | Tim Radford | Science Book Club
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2011· 1 entry
The Guardian: Martin Rees: Atheists should drop anti-religion campaigns
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2010· 1 entry
Was invited to deliver the Reith Lectures for the BBC, now published as From Here to Infinity: Scientific Horizons
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Open University (2008).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Yale University (2008).
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Yale Environment 360: Martin Rees Yale 2008 Honorary Degree Recipient
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2007).
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Delivered the Gifford Lectures on 21st Century Science: Cosmic Perspective and Terrestrial Challenges at the University of St Andrews
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2005· 5 entries
Awarded Crafoord Prize in Astronomy (2005).
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Won UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal (2005).
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Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (2005).
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Rees was elevated to a life peerage, sitting as a crossbencher in the House of Lords as Baron Rees of Ludlow, of Ludlow in the County of Shropshire
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Career landmark: President of the Royal Society (2005–2010).
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (2004).
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Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (2004).
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Career landmark: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (2004–2012).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Petrie Prize Lecture (2003).
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Was elected foreign member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
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2002· 1 entry
Won Oskar Klein Medal (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Bruno Rossi Prize (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (1998).
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: Astronomer Royal (1995–2025).
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1993· 1 entry
Won Bruce Medal (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1992–1994).
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded Balzan Prize (1989).
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Won Guthrie Medal and Prize (1989).
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Won Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1987).
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1984· 1 entry
Won Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1984).
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1982· 3 entries
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1982).
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“We’re all depressingly ‘lay’ outside our specialisms — my own knowledge, of recent biological advances, such as it is, comes largely from ‘popular’ books and journalism.”
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“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1981).
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1975· 1 entry
And became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-06-23.
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