In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.

We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.

In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College.

In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.

I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.

Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world.

Until pains are endured, depressions surmounted, mockeries ignored and goliaths conquered, destiny might not be achieved

To write a novel is to dream while awake, then express the dream to the reader in an absorbing way. The road leading from the writer's inner world to the readers' is paved with prose.

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer

If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.