Astronomy: Reaching the Frontier of Knowledge

We have been living through a golden age of cosmological research with the boundaries of knowledge being ever expanded. Should we expect this era to end? Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson believes that we might be at the fiscal and intellectual limits of possible discovery, but Lord Rees of Ludlow has a different take.

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Professor Lord Rees of Ludlow FRS

Professor of Astronomy

Lord Rees has been the Astronomer Royal since 1995 and was the President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010. Between 1975 and 1976...

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Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson

Professor of Astronomy

Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson is a British Astronomer who works on infrared Astronomy and Cosmology. He was Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 1981–1982.

From 1993 to 2007...

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