Background
Rees, Martin John was born on June 23, 1942 in York, England. Son of Reginald and Joan (Bett) Rees.
(This volume presents an unique and accessible synthesis o...)
This volume presents an unique and accessible synthesis of modern cosmology. In recent years, observational cosmology has made remarkable advances, bringing into sharper focus a new set of fundamental questions that Martin Rees addresses in this book. Why is the universe expanding the way it is? What were the 'seeds' that caused galaxies, clusters and superclusters to form? What is the nature of 'dark matter'? What happened in the very early universe? The latest exciting advances and theories are discussed, while maintaining a clear distinction between aspects that now have a firm empirical basis and those that remain speculative.
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Rees, Martin John was born on June 23, 1942 in York, England. Son of Reginald and Joan (Bett) Rees.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1967; Doctor of Science (honorary), Sussex (England) University, 1990; Doctor of Science (honorary), Leicester (England) University, 1993; Doctor of Science (honorary), Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), Keele (England) University, 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), Newcastle (England) University, 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), Copenhagen U., 1995; Doctor of Science (honorary), Toronto (Canada) U., 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), Durham (England) University, 1999.
Research fellow, California Technology Institute, 1968;
visiting research fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1969, 82, 96, 97;
visiting scientist, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972, 87-90;
Regents fellow, Smithsonian Institution, 1984-1987;
professor, Sussex U., 1972-1973;
Plumian professor astronomy, Cambridge U., 1973-1991;
director, Institute Astronomy, Cambridge, 1977-1991;
research professor Royal Society, Cambridge U., England, since 1992;
astronomer royal, since 1995. Fellow King's College, Cambridge (England) University, since 1969. Honorary fellow Trinity College, since 1995, Jesus College, since 1996, Cardiff U., Wales, 1998.
Visiting professor.Harvard U., Princeton University, California Technology, Astronomer Royal, since 1994. Trustee British Museum, since 1996, National Endowment for Science, Technology, and Arts, since 1998, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, since 1998.
(This volume presents an unique and accessible synthesis o...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society London, Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences, Indian Academy Sciences (honorary), Russian Academy Sciences (honorary), Swedish Academy Sciences, American Philosophy Society. Member NAS (foreign associate), Pontifical Academy Sciences, Academia Europea, Institute Physics (England) (Guthrie prize since 1990), Royal Astronomical Society (president 1992-1994), British Association Advancement of Science (president 1994-1995), Norwegian Academy Science, Academy Lincei (Rome).