4 Quotes & Sayings By Martin J Rees

Sir Martin Rees is the Astronomer Royal, the only person ever to hold that post, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government. The author of more than 400 papers, he is a frequent broadcaster on science, and has taken a leading role in recent campaigns to reject nuclear power and replace it with safe renewable energy sources. Sir Martin's work has been recognized by an array of awards including the Royal Society's Royal Medal for services to Science, Columbia University's Prix Jean le Rond d'Alembert for Science Communication, the Bancroft Prize, the Humboldt Prize, and membership of The Academy of Europe. Sir Martin was knighted in 2012.

God invented space so that not everything had to happen...
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God invented space so that not everything had to happen in Princeton. Martin J. Rees
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The science done by the young Einstein will continue as long as our civilization, but for civilization to survive, we'll need the wisdom of the old Einstein -- humane, global and farseeing. And whatever happens in this uniquely crucial century will resonate into the remote future and perhaps far beyond the Earth, far beyond the Earth Martin J. Rees
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[The fine structure constant] ... defines how firmly atomic nuclei bind together and how all the atoms on Earth were made. Its value controls the power from the Sun and, more sensitively, how stars transmute hydrogen into all the atoms of the periodic table. Martin J. Rees