Prof. Hermann Bondi 1919 - 2005
Submitted by admin on 31 October, 2005 - 14:00.
With deep regret, IHEU records the death of Prof. Hermann Bondi, one of the most distinguished Humanists of our time.
A mathematical physicist and astronomer, Prof. Bondi had been President of the British Humanist Association, and an active presence on the Humanist scene till Parkinson's struck a few years ago. Acclaimed as a genius, Prof. Bondi has held several positions of distinction in the UK and in Europe, including that of Head of the European Space Agency. Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, UK for nearly 8 years, he was best known as a propounder of the Steady State Theory of the Universe, as a science populariser and for his book Cosmology.
IHEU passes on to Christine Bondi and their family our deepest condolences.
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Prof. Hermann Bondi
I met Prof. Hermann Bondi in 1987 during a M N Roy Centenary Seminar held at Bombay. He was kind enough to enlighten me about 'Dimensions in Mathametics' and in particular, 'Time space and continuum' at Bombay University. The memory is still fresh in my mind. It was unimaginable for me to spend two hours with such a great scientist. His contribution to Humanity in the form of cosmology, mathametics as a scientist and as Humanist on the application of reason in day to day life is immense.