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One can always find inflationary models to explain whatever phenomenon is represented by the flavour of the month.

— Joseph Silk

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About Joseph Silk

Joseph Silk (born 3 December 1942) is an English-born astronomer and the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford.