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Joseph Ivor Silk FRS is a British astrophysicist. He was the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1999 to September 2011.

He is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society . He was awarded the 2011 Balzan Prize for his works on the early Universe. Silk has given more than two hundred invited conference lectures, primarily on galaxy formation and cosmology. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. December 1942
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Famous Joseph Silk Quotes

“Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.”

Joseph Silk

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The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007

“Four predictions of the Big Bang Theory have now been verified - surely enough to quench even the most biased critics.”

Joseph Silk

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The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007

“The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox.”

Joseph Silk

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The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007

“One can always find inflationary models to explain whatever phenomenon is represented by the flavour of the month.”

Joseph Silk

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The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007

“Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting.”

Joseph Silk

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The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007

“The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.”

Joseph Silk

The Infinite Cosmos, Page 1

“Our knowledge of physics only takes us back so far. Before this instant of cosmic time, all the laws of physics or chemistry are as evanescent as rings of smoke.”

Joseph Silk

The Infinite Cosmos, Page 3

“The left hand of creation”

Joseph Silk

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