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Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics where he has won their Dirac Gold Medal, amongst many awards worldwide. His PhD from the University of Oxford was in general relativity theory but is also known for work on the dynamics and predictability of weather and climate. He is author of the book The Primacy of Doubt, on the science of uncertainty.

Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics where he has won their Dirac Gold Medal, amongst many awards worldwide. His PhD from the University of Oxford was in general relativity theory but is also known for work on the dynamics and predictability of weather and climate. He is author of the book The Primacy of Doubt, on the science of uncertainty.

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