My Thoughts

Personal ideas, reflections and views, separate from my research work. 

Twenty years looking at the Universe: What did I learn about being a human?

For almost twenty years, I have been trying to understand the Universe. I have studied stars, galaxies, molecular clouds, and the physics and chemical laws that shape them. I have

The lessons we forgot

I first heard this story from the historian Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler. She once spoke about a Nobel Laureate who was asked which stage of his education had been the most important.