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Strange Genius: The Life and Times of Paul Dirac

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Thoughts of an astronomy master

His triumphs range from showing that our galaxy is speeding through the cosmos to producing the first models of star formation based on infrared light. Now, despite reaching retirement age, Imperial College London astrophysicist Michael Rowan-Robinson shows no sign of slowing his research, as he tells Jon Cartwright.

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