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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in 1995, and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012 and President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010.
Martin Rees is a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and also Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and at Leicester University.
Prof. Martin Rees is a renowned astrophysicist and cosmologist, former Master of Trinity College and President of the Royal Society. He has made significant contributions to the fields of gamma ray bursts, black holes, cosmic structure formation and general cosmology.
60th President of the Royal Society. Existential Risks & Prospects for Humanity. Of the 45 million centuries of the Earth’s history, this one is very special. It is the first century that one species – us – hold the future of the planet in our hands. Humanity has reached a critical moment.
Jun 19, 2024 · Martin Rees, English cosmologist and astrophysicist who was a main expositor of the big-bang theory of the origins of the universe. In Our Final Century (2003; also called Our Final Hour), he argued that humankind had only a 50 percent chance of surviving until the year 2100.
Learn about Martin Rees' life, achievements and interests as an astrophysicist and cosmologist. He is the UK's Astronomer Royal, a former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk.
Dec 1, 2017 · Martin Rees is a renowned cosmologist, astrophysicist and author. He founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk to address the long term challenges of humanity.
