I wonder if anyone else has noticed the similarity between Ray Sharples of Durham University and erstwhile Geordie Messiah Kevin Keegan? They sound similar too!
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Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 18
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Kevin Keegan, Ray Sharples on March 11, 2010 by telescoperAstronomy Look-alikes, No. 17
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Bernard Carr, Noel Edmonds on March 3, 2010 by telescoperIt’s been a while so I thought I’d try this one. It’s not at all unusual for my former colleague and cosmologist extraordinaire Professor Bernard Carr to be mistaken for the popular television celebrity Mr Noel Edmonds. I wonder if by any chance they might be related?
Mr Noel Edmonds
Professor Bernard Carr
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 16
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Geoff Hoon, Richard Ellis on February 15, 2010 by telescoperI read with great interest a recent story that Geoff Hoon MP is planning to stand down at the next election. No doubt he took this decision in order to avoid the embarassment of losing his seat by popular vote. Perhaps he took his lead from his double, astronomer Richard Ellis, who also recently jumped ship from his Chair at Oxford in order to return to Caltech?
Richard Ellis
Geoff Hoon
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 15
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags James May, Keith Mason, STFC on February 11, 2010 by telescoperSince it is rumoured that the BBC has decided to axe Top Gear, it’s fortunate that James May has an alternative career as Chief Executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Still, all that experience of things crashing and burning seems to have stood him in good stead..
Professor Keith Mason
James May
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 14
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Gustav Mahler, Ian Smail on February 10, 2010 by telescoperLooking at my copy of this month’s Gramophone magazine reminded me that this year, 2010, sees the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Gustav Mahler (born 7th July 1860). However, the front cover of the special celebratory issue of the esteemed organ that this event inspired features a photograph that reveals something of a likeness to Professor Ian Smail, another noted individual (geddit?) … though, perhaps, one not always known for his harmoniousness.
Gustav Mahler
Professor Ian Smail
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 13
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Ian Roxburgh, Last of the Summer Wine on February 8, 2010 by telescoperSome of you may previously have been unaware that Professor Ian Roxburgh of Queen Mary, University of London had an extremely successful career playing Compo in the longrunning television series Last of the Summer Wine. Sadly, I’ve been unable to find a look-alike for Nora Batty.
Compo
Ian Roxburgh
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 12
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags European Space Agency, Exomars Rover, WALL-E on January 30, 2010 by telescoperI’m struck by the remarkable similarity between the depiction below of WALL-E, an absurdly comical fantasy robot that exists only in the realm of Science Fiction, and the European Space Agency’s Exomars Rover. I wonder if by any chance they might be related?
P.S. Thanks to Rigsby Matt Griffin for this one!
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 11
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Allan Chapman, Hannibal Lecter on January 26, 2010 by telescoperI’m sure I’m not alone in being alarmed by the similarity between distinguished astronomical historian Dr Allan Chapman and fictional serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter. And to think he’s a member of the RAS Dining Club …
Astronomy (and Particle Physics) Look-alikes, No. 10
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes, Opera, The Universe and Stuff with tags ATLAS, Berlioz, CERN, Large Hadron Collider, Les Troyens on January 23, 2010 by telescoperI was struck by the similarity between the design of the ATLAS detector, at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN, and that of a recent production of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz in Valencia, Spain. How’s that for cultural impact?
Pity it had to be this Opera though. I hate it. Somebody should do a similar thing with the Magic Flute, which is actually all about particle physics…
Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 9
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Donald Lynden-Bell, Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons on January 10, 2010 by telescoperIt’s probably impolite to draw visual parallels between Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, winner of the inaugural Kavli Prize for Astrophysics in 2008, and Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons.
In the Dark 