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Hewish

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Hewish
Antony. born 1924, British radio astronomer, noted esp for his role in the discovery of pulsars (1967): shared the Nobel prize for physics 1974


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Mark Hewish, "USN Aims for 'Maritime Dominance,'" Jane's International Defense Review, Vol.
The emissions, detected by Anthony Hewish, Jocelyn Bell and their colleagues, came from what is now known as a pulsar.
Anthony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell make the most exciting recent observation in astrophysics by discovering pulsating stars or `pulsars' using Cambridge's Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory.
 
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