Comments on: Sir Fred Hoyle Celebration at St John’s Cambridge – Saturday November 8 2008 http://iya2009.com/sir-fred-hoyle-day-st-johns.html Supporting the International Year Of Astronomy with news and articles for beginners Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:47:26 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: David Mitchell http://iya2009.com/sir-fred-hoyle-day-st-johns.html/comment-page-1#comment-7994 David Mitchell Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:27:49 +0000 http://iya2009.com/?p=154#comment-7994 Also an alumnus ("foster-child" in the Latin)of St.Johns, in 1964 or 1965 I attended a lecture in the Cavendish Labs. in which Fred Hoyle defended his steady state theory of the Universe in front of an audience sceptical to start with and more sceptical by the end. There was uproar and mocking laughter. Possibly he relished this, rather than being hurt? Did anyone take minutes?? I was also privileged to sit next to Hoyle at High Table, just once. A whimsical account is to be found at: http://www.scarthinbooks.com/FredHoyle.shtml On another note, revisiting the old calleges and the Backs at Cambridge is an odd experience. Externally, NOTHING seems to have changed. The very twigs on the trees seem to be the same. Behind the doors, however, there has been a transformation far transcending the changes of personnel. Also an alumnus (”foster-child” in the Latin)of St.Johns, in 1964 or 1965 I attended a lecture in the Cavendish Labs. in which Fred Hoyle defended his steady state theory of the Universe in front of an audience sceptical to start with and more sceptical by the end. There was uproar and mocking laughter. Possibly he relished this, rather than being hurt? Did anyone take minutes?? I was also privileged to sit next to Hoyle at High Table, just once. A whimsical account is to be found at:
http://www.scarthinbooks.com/FredHoyle.shtml

On another note, revisiting the old calleges and the Backs at Cambridge is an odd experience. Externally, NOTHING seems to have changed. The very twigs on the trees seem to be the same. Behind the doors, however, there has been a transformation far transcending the changes of personnel.

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