Honors
- Carnegie Institution for Science Award for Research in Astrophysics (1959)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1973)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1974)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize of the University of Miami (1974)
- Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1985)
- Bruce Medal (1987)
- Crafoord Prize (with Fred Hoyle) (1997)
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“There is a moment when god honors falsehood.”
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