Antony Hewish
Antony Hewish (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle)[2] for his role in the discovery of pulsars.
Antony Hewish | |
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| Born | 11 May 1924 |
| Died | 13 September 2021 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King's College, Taunton |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Pulsars |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Radio astronomy |
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| Thesis | The fluctuations of galactic radio waves (1952) |
| Doctoral students | Jocelyn Bell Burnell[1] |
He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Bell, Susan Jocelyn (1968). The Measurement of radio source diameters using a diffraction method. University of Cambridge. . EThOS uk.bl.ethos.449485. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/260694.
- ↑ István, Hargittai (2007) [2002]. The road to Stockholm : Nobel Prizes, science, and scientists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198607854. OCLC 818659203.
- ↑ Hewish, A (1975). "Pulsars and High Density Physics". Science (published 13 June 1975). 188 (4193): 1079–1083. Bibcode:1975Sci...188.1079H. doi:10.1126/science.188.4193.1079. PMID 17798425. S2CID 122436403.
- ↑ "Antony Hewish". nobel-winners.com. 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ (in en) Professor Antony Hewish (1924 – 2021). Gonville & Caius College. 16 September 2021. https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-antony-hewish-1924-%E2%80%93-2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ↑ Obituaries, Telegraph (2021-09-16) (in en). Professor Antony Hewish, astronomer who jointly won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of pulsars – obituary. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/16/professor-antony-hewish-astronomer-jointly-won-nobel-prize-discovery/. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ↑ Wade, Nicholas (17 September 2021). Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/science/space/antony-hewish-dead.html.