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Bernard Lovell

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in Oldland Common, Bristol, Gloucestershire, The United Kingdom

August 31, 1913

Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (born 31 August 1913, Oldland Common, Bristol) OBE, FRS is an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.

He studied physics at the University of Bristol, obtaining a Ph.D. in 1936. At this time he also received lessons from Raymond Jones, a teacher at Bath Technical School and later organist at Bath Abbey. The church organ was one of the main loves of his life, apart from science. He worked in the cosmic ray research team at the University of Manchester until the outbreak of World War II, during which he worked for the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) developing radar systems to be installed in aircraft, among them H2S, for Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (born 31 August 1913, Oldland Common, Bristol) OBE, FRS is an English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980.

He studied physics at the University of Bristol, obtaining a Ph.D. in 1936. At this time he also received lessons from Raymond Jones, a teacher at Bath Technical School and later organist at Bath Abbey. The church organ was one of the main loves of his life, apart from science. He worked in the cosmic ray research team at the University of Manchester until the outbreak of World War II, during which he worked for the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) developing radar systems to be installed in aircraft, among them H2S, for which he received an OBE in 1946.

He attempted to continue his studies of cosmic rays with an ex-military radar detector unit, but suffered much background interference from the Electric trams on Manchester's Oxford Road. He moved his equipment to a more remote location, one which was free from such electrical interference, and where he established the Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey in Cheshire. It was an outpost of the University's botany department. In the course of his experiments he was able to show that radar echoes could be obtained from daytime meteor showers as they entered the Earth's atmosphere and ionised the surrounding air. With University funding he constructed the then-largest steerable radio telescope in the world, which now bears his name - the Lovell Telescope. Over 50 years later, it remains a productive radio telescope, now mostly operated as part of the MERLIN and European VLBI Network interferometric arrays of radio telescopes.

In 1958, Lovell was invited by the BBC to deliver the annual Reith Lectures - a series of six radio broadcasts, titled The Individual and the Universe, in which he examined the history of inquiry into the solar system and the origin of the universe.

He was knighted in 1961 for his important contributions to the development of radio astronomy, and has a secondary school named after him in Oldland Common, Bristol, which Sir Bernard Lovell officially opened. A building on the QinetiQ site in Malvern is also named after him.

In 2009, Lovell spoke of a claimed assassination attempt in Deep-Space Communication Center (Eupatoria) during the Cold War where the Soviets allegedly tried to kill him with a lethal radiation dose. At the time, Lovell was head of the Jodrell Bank space telescope that was also being used as part of an early warning system for Soviet nuclear attacks. Lovell has written a full account of the incident which will not be published until after his death.

The first name of the fictional scientist Bernard Quatermass, the hero of several BBC Television science-fiction serials of the 1950s, was chosen in honour of Lovell.

Now in his 99th year, Sir Bernard, physically very frail, lives in quiet retirement in the English countryside. He is surrounded by music, his books and a vast garden filled with trees he himself planted many decades ago and which he has loved so long.
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	Echoes of War: The Story of H2S Radar 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The story of Jodrell Bank really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man's relation to the universe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voice of the Universe: Building the Jodrell Bank Telescope really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	حافظه و یادگیری by Bernard Lovell, غلامرضا احمدی (Translator) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Zenith: Jodrell Bank 1957-1970 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1973 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jodrell Bank Telescopes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emerging Cosmology by Bernard Lovell, Deborah Thomas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The origins and international economics of space exploration 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“تنبیه علی رغم جذابیتی که برای تنبیه کننده دارد، شیوه ی بسیار موثری برای کنترل رفتار نیست؛ اگر چه رفتار نامطلوب ممکن است در زمان حاضر سرکوب گردد، با این وجود یادگیرنده فرصت استفاده از عوامل تقویت برای اَشکال پسندیده تر رفتار را از دست می دهد. این شاید مبین علت بالا بودن جرم در میان مجرمین باشد. گسترش تنبیه در یک جامعه فرصت ارائه ی شیوه ی مطلوب رفتار را غیر ممکن می سازد. به محض اینکه خطر فوری تنبیه از بین برود، مجرم غالباً به قالب های رفتاری گذشته که کاملاً در او تقویت و تثبیت شده اند باز می گردد.”
― Bernard Lovell, Adult Learning

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“فرد بزرگسال در نتیجه ی برخورد و تعامل با محیط خارج و کسب تجربیات روزانه از طرق مختلف و بی شمار موفق به یادگیری تصادفی و یا اتفاقی می شود و در نتیجه اندوخته ی جدیدی کسب می کند. ما به طرق بی شماری مطالب را فرا گرفته ود به جمع آوری عقاید، حقایق و مهارت هایی می پردازیم که در نتیجه ی تماس روزانه مان با محیط کسب شده است. شغل منبع اصلی یادگیری اتفاقی است. برای روشن شدن بهتر مسئله به این مثال توجه کنید که قبول نقش مادری در آغاز زندگی ایجاب می کند که زنان با مسائلی نظیر نحوه ی تعویض لباس نوزاد، استره لیزه کردن شیشه شیر بچه، تشخیص علائم آبله و سرخک و چگونگی انتخاب لباس مناسب مثلا برای بچه ی سه ساله آشنا شوند.”
― Bernard Lovell, Adult Learning

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“فراگیرندگان بزرگسال خصوصیات منحصر به فرد خود را دارند. ما در حد زیادی ساخته و پرداخته ی زندگی گذشته ی خود هستیم. به بیان دیگر رفتار و عکس العمل فعلی ما نتیجه ی یادگیری و تجربه ی گذشته مان است. یادگیری گاه به عنوان فرایندی که تغییر نسبتاً دائمی در رفتار ما به وجود می آورد تعریف شده است؛ یعنی توانایی و کارایی ما نتیجه ی برخوردهای گذشته ی ما با محیط است.”
― Bernard Lovell, Adult Learning

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