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English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)

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Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominent status in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.

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Pen Names: R. T. Fishall

Native Name: Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore

Alternative Names: Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore • Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore • P. Moore

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Nuclear power plants are, next to nuclear warheads themselves, the most dangerous devices that man has ever created.

William Herschel was the first man to give a reasonably correct picture of the shape of our star-system or galaxy; he was the best telescope-maker of his time, and possibly the greatest observer who ever lived.