I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.

Hewish is a fellow of Churchill College Cambridge. Awards and honors
Hewish has Honorary degrees from 6 universities including Manchester Exeter and Cambridge is a Foreign Member of the Belgian Royal Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. Hewish and Martin Ryle were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974.

He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.