Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell Dies At 98 22
An anonymous reader writes "Sir Bernard Lovell, the founder of the Jodrell Bank Observatory and namesake of the Lovell telescope has died at the age of 98. The Mark 1 telescope, as it was known in the '60s, was the only western telescope that could track the early Russian moon probes, which ensured its debts were paid off. However, the telescope is more famous for radio astronomy, including pulsar research, hydrogen line studies of the galaxy, and much more as other telescopes joined it in the Merlin network."
Key figure in radio astronomy (Score:4, Informative)
If you're interested in the early history and technology of radio astronomy, read his book "Out of the Zenith." Good stuff!