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About Martin Rees

Birth

1942

Biography

Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology.

Martin Rees is a prominent British astronomer and cosmologist born in York.

His prolific career includes over 50 published works on science and astronomy.

Beyond his scientific work, he has served as a university professor and politician.

His writing is noted for exploring complex topics such as cosmology and 21st-century social predictions.

He is the author of the acclaimed book What Are You Optimistic About?, where he reflects on the future.

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