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This is for everyone

As an undergraduate I had the privilege of meeting Sir Bernard Lovell, and I remember to this day his kindness in explaining, without ever talking down, difficult mathematical concepts in terms that even a snotty-nosed undergrad could understand. And BTW, the great Lovell telescope turns to this day on a main bearing which came from the gun turret of a battleship which had been scrapped after the war. Lovell's quiet persistence wore down the MoD until they eventually gave in and let him have it. There's a lesson for us all in there!

8 Aug 2012

2:58 pm