Thread by @KennyMathieson

@SashaSagan It's just as well that there is no charge (I hope! 🙏🏻) for quoting someone, or I would have incurred significant debt by now, given how often I have quoted your father.

e.g.

https://twitter.com/KennyMathieson/status/1470412887952920577?s=20

I'm sure you already know his profound impact on so many of us.

My first "encounter" (via TV) with him was when he did the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1977. I was a geeky schoolkid interested in science.

Your dad was inspirational.

I didn't become an astronomer, but I did subsequently navigate my way through a couple of chemistry degrees.

His beautful book dedication to your mum in "Cosmos", is my favourite such dedication of all-time. 😊

It would have been nice if the world had managed to have his wisdom around for longer, but we're lucky that we had him at all.

I wish I had managed to meet him sometime, even briefly at a book signing, to express how much he meant to me.

Alas, I never did.

So, please forgive this somewhat rambling discourse, but your dad was (and is) a real hero to me, both for his ability to communicate science in a way that inspired, and for his humanity.

Best wishes from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿