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tby DR. ANTHONY HEWISH of the University of Cambridge
Last December, says Dr Hewish. we stumbled on something so strange that we could hardly believe that what our radio telescope recorded was true. What it was recording was radio signals which still present one of the major outstanding problems in astronomy. Dr. Hewish describes what has happened since this utterly unexpected discovery was made

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Anthony Hewish

played by the AMADEUS STRING QUARTET Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)
Last programme in the series of 20th-Century Quartets: Nov. 28 followed by an interlude at 10.55

Contributors

Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Violin:
Siegmund Nissel
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Cello:
Martin Lovett

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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