My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

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I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

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It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.

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I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

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I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

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During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

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At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

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It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

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Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

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