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Astronomy is probably the oldest of all the sciences. It differs from virtually all other science disciplines in that it is not possible to carry out experimental tests in the laboratory.

Ian Morison

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

Ian Morison

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Born: November 22, 1943
Died: April 13, 2024 (aged 80)
Bio: Ian Morison was an astronomer and astrophysicist who served as the 35th Gresham Professor of Astronomy.
Known for:
  1. Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology (2008)
  2. Astronomy (2004)
  3. Banking Act 1979 (1979)

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