Martin Ryle quotes

Martin Ryle was a British radio astronomer and pioneer in the development of radio telescope techniques. His work enabled the discovery of new celestial objects and led to significant advancements in astronomy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his innovative contributions to radio astronomy. Here are 13 of his quotes:

During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned.

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

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

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

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We must put our energies into solving the difficult problems, in many disciplines, which are involved in renewable sources - on which both the developed and the developing countries must eventually depend.

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The glorious years of discovery in radio astronomy in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge were dominated by the personality of Martin Ryle.

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If we are to survive, we must not accept the official indoctrination of the purpose of nuclear 'power' stations, radiation health risks, the 'need' for further nuclear weapons and the reality of nuclear war.

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Our cleverness has grown prodigiously - but not our wisdom.

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

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The benefits of medical research are real - but so are the potential horrors of genetic engineering and embryo manipulation. We devise heart transplants, but do little for the 15 million who die annually of malnutrition and related diseases. Our cleverness has grown prodigiously - but not our wisdom.

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[Ryle] lived through an epic period of scientific history, starting his career in the turmoil of wartime electronic countermeasures, and turning eventually to a deep concern about the future of mankind in the age of nuclear power and warfare.

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