I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.

I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.

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.

Teaching physics at the University, and more general lecturing to wider audiences has been a major concern.

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.

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.

As a Christian, I begin to comprehend what life is all about through belief in a Creator, some of whose nature was revealed by a man born about 2000 years ago.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people (Mt 13:44)(Jn 15:8).

It is a blessing to have pretty people around me. I like people who are sparky, positive. Evil, dark people are repelled by me: Oooh no! Too much sunlight.

There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.

Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

Life is like pouring water into a Coca- Cola bottle; if you're the least bit scared you can't do it

I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.

I'm very active on Twitter and Instagram. I'm always posting pictures from set, and little clues and teasing people with fun things. It's awesome!