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Hewish

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Hew·ish  (hysh), Antony Born 1924.
British astronomer. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of pulsars.

Hewish [ˈhjuːɪʃ]
n
(Biographies / Hewish, Antony (1924 M, British, SCIENCE: radio astronomer) 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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