Sir Martin Ryle
(1918-1984), Radio astronomerSitter in 1 portrait
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 was awarded jointly to Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars.
Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin; Sir Martin Ryle
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 17 October 1972
NPG x182328
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