Malcolm Sim Longair is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy (head of the Cavendish Laboratory). The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ...

He was born on May 18, 1941) and educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Scotland. He graduated in Electronic Physics from Queen's College, Dundee, of the University of St. Andrews in 1963. He became a research student in the Radio Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1967. From 1968 to 1969, he was a Royal Society Exchange Visitor to the Lebedev Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, where he worked with academics V.L. Ginzburg and Ya. B. Zeldovich. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dundees location in Scotland Dundee (Dùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is Scotlands fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews was founded between 1410-1413 and is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the United Kingdom. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Cavendish Astrophysics Group (formerly the Radio Astronomy Group) is based at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. ... The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... University of Cambridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian research institute specializing in physics. ... Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург) (born October 4, 1916 in Moscow) is a Soviet/Russian theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the former Soviet Union, and the successor to Igor Tamm as head of the Academys physics institute (FIAN). ... Iakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, March 8, 1914 – December 2, 1987) was a Soviet physicist working in the fields of shock waves, cosmology, and general relativity. ...

He held a Fellowship of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 1966 to 1968 and was a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge from 1967 to 1980. He has held visiting professorships at the California Institute of Technology (1972), the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (1978), the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1990) and the Space Telescope Science Institute (1997). From 1980 to 1990, he held the joint posts of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Regius Professor of Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. He is a Professorial Fellow and Vice-President of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He was Deputy Head of the Cavendish Laboratory with special responsibility for the teaching of physics from 1991 to 1997. He is now Head of the Cavendish Laboratory. Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851, officially called the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in The Crystal Palace. ... Full name Clare Hall Motto - Named after Clare College Previous names - Established 1966, 1984 Sister College St Cross College President Prof. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly known as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the agendas of sponsorship. ... The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is an organization founded by NASA to manage and direct research done with the Hubble Space Telescope. ... Astronomer Royal for Scotland was originally (1818) the title of the director of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, but since 1995 it has simply been an honorary title. ... The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Full name Clare Hall Motto _ Named after Clare College Previous names - Established 1966, 1984 Sister College St Cross College President Prof. ... The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ...

He has received numerous awards, including the first Britannica Award for the Dissemination of Learning and the Enrichment of Life in February 1986. In December 1990, he delivered the series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People on television on the topic 'The Origins of Our Universe'. From 1991 to 1992 he was President of the Physics Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He was awarded the 1994 Science Prize of the Saltire Society-Royal Bank of Scotland Annual award. In 1995, he was Selby Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences and took a lecture demonstration entitled 'Measuring the Fundamentals' round all the state capitals of Australia. He was the chairman of the Gemini Board, the international project to build 8-metre telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres, for the years 1994 and 1995. He was Chairman of the Space Telescope Science Institute Council for 1995-6. He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society 1996-8. He was awarded the CBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List. The Christmas Lectures are held annually and are the flagship of the Royal Institution. ... The British Association or the British Association for the Advancement of Science or the BA is a learned society with the object of promoting science, directing general attention to scientific matters, and facilitating intercourse between scientific workers. ... The Gemini Observatory consists of a pair of 8-meter astronomical telescopes. ... The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is an organization founded by NASA to manage and direct research done with the Hubble Space Telescope. ... The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by gentleman astronomers rather than professionals). ...

His primary research interests are in the fields of high energy astrophysics and astrophysical cosmology. He has written eight books and many articles on this work. His most recent publication is Theoretical Concepts in Physics which was published in December 2003. His other interests include music, mountain walking, art, architecture and golf.