I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

He became president of the British Association in 1985 and was the founding Chair of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967. See also
Gresham Professor of Astronomy
Fullerian Professorships.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.