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Hoyle/Box 6/18/1
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GB 275 Hoyle/Box 6/18/1
Title
Photocopy of typescript letter, signed, from John Edgington (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Queen Mary, University of London) to Dr Simon Mitton
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- 29 Sep 2005 (Creation)
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1p paper
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Congratulates Mitton on his life of FH. Has experienced first-hand the tensions between (some) theoretical astronomers and observer-cum-astronomers as are described in Mitton's book. It is not confined to Cambridge, but is a British phenomenon. He attended the first Lunar Sciences Conference in Houston in Jan. 1970, at which FH was the after-dinner speaker. He encloses a transcript of FH's talk. See 6/18/2