Astronomer Royal recalls how youth in Shropshire helped him on road to cosmic achievements

Lord Rees of Ludlow celebrated his 80th birthday on June 23 and was interviewed in a hour-long special edition of the long-running astronomy programme The Sky At Night.

Lord Rees told Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott that as a child he was not into astronomy but used to wonder at the tides when he went on holiday to North Wales. He wondered why the tides came at different times around the island of Anglesey.But he became perhaps Britain’s most renowned cosmologist and helped end the scientific argument about whether there was a 'Big Bang' kick start for the universe or whether the universe was in a steady state.

Lord Rees became master of Trinity College, Cambridge, president of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics, and has led the nation’s foremost science institution, the Royal Society. A statement from the Sky at Night said:"One of science’s most celebrated thinkers and writers, Rees has never been shy of engaging with difficult concepts.

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