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# Martin J. Rees

(1942)   Physicist

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Martin J. Rees is a physicist.

## Quick Facts About Martin J. Rees

Born June 23, 1942

Profession Physicist

## About Martin J. Rees

British cosmologist and astrophysicist (1942-)... \| 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 includin

##  Quotes by Martin J. Rees

> [“Some innovations just don’t attract enough economic or social demand: just as supersonic flight and manned space flight stagnated after the 1970s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-j-rees/some-innovations-just-don-t-attract-enough-economic-or-social-demand/)

Martin J. Rees

[Broadband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadband/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/martin-j-rees-93858_broadband_some-innovations-just-don-t-attract-enou_7438.jpg)

> [“The other naturally occurring viruses, like ebola, are not durable enough to generate a runaway epidemic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-j-rees/the-other-naturally-occurring-viruses-like-ebola-are-not-durable/)

Martin J. Rees

[Ebola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ebola/)

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