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An interesting autobiography from one of astrophysics more contentious, controversial, and unorthodox thinkers. It's also an interesting look at an early 20th c British childhood, warts and all. (Some things about his youth made it sound like an age of greater wonder and discovery, but also an age of Antisemitism and sectarian hostilities that lead British boys to throw rocks at Catholic kids for fun)
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Professor Sir Fred Hoyle was one of the most distinguished, creative, and controversial scientists of the twentieth century. He was a Fellow of St John’s College (1939-1972, Honorary Fellow 1973-2001), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957, held the Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy (1958-1972), established the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge (now p
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