Quotes by Robert M. May

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Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford is an Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor at Sydney and Princeton. He now holds joint professorships at Oxford and Imperial College London.
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One way of emphasizing the singularity of the recent past is [..] to observe that the total number of humans ever to have lived is estimated at around (a bit less than) 100 billion. One of Walt Whitman's poems has a memorable image—thinking of all ...

Robert M. May

Author Bio

  • NameRobert M. May
  • DescriptionAustralian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
  • AliasesRobert McCredie May
  • BornJanuary 8, 1938
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPhysicist; Engineer; Zoologist
  • AwardsCrafoord Prize; Copley Medal; Lord Lewis Prize; Order Of Australia; Balzan Prize