Bernard Lovell

thumb| Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell OBE FRS (31 August 1913 – 6 August 2012) was a British physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980. Quotes The successful launching of the Sputnik was a demonstration of one of the highest scientific and technological achievements of man—a tantalizing invitation both to the militarist in search of ever more devastating means of destruction and to the astronomer searching for new means of carrying his instruments away from their earthbound environment. "Astronomy Breaks Free", BBC Reith Lecture (9 November 1958) published in The Individual and the Universe (New York: Harper & Bros, 1959) ch. 1 External links Category:Physicists from England Category:Astronomers from England Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:University of Bristol alumni Category:1913 births Category:2012 deaths