Martin Rees

I'm the UK's Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge.

My research is mainly on trying to understand our universe around us. Aside from astronomy and space science, I’ve been very much engaged with science policy, particularly how modern technology can be controlled so that we can harness its benefits but avoid its downsides.

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Publications

Begelman, M., & Rees, M. (2020). Gravity’s Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Rees, M. (2019). Prologue: Extinction: What It Means to Us. In P. Dasgupta, P. Raven, & A. McIvor (Eds.), Biological Extinction: New Perspectives (pp. 15–21). Cambridge University Press.
Rees, M. (2018). Our Cosmic Habitat. Princeton University Press.
Rees, M. (2018). On the Future: Prospects for Humanity. Princeton University Press.
Rees, M. (2012). From Here to Infinity: A Vision for the Future of Science. W. W. Norton & Company.
Rees, M. (2004). Our Final Century: The 50/50 Threat to Humanity's Survival. Arrow.

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If Science is to Save Us

New Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology (2nd edition)

Gravity’s fatal attraction : Black holes in the universe (3rd edition)

On the future: Prospects for Humanity

From here to infinity: A vision for the future of science

Our Final Century: Thee 50/50 threat to humanity’s survival

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