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

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

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

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.

A person who loves himself can never feel himself completely lonely!

To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.

I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia.

I'm worried that our technology is helping to bring the long, postwar consensus against fascism to an end.

The transformation from separation to unity, from conflict to peace, is the goal of all spiritual traditions.

On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would haveheld up his head in their company.

The middle of the universe is tonight, is here, And everything behind is a sunk cost.

I'm used to politicians being angry with me, you know, because I don't work for them. I work for my viewers.

My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used.

And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.