Attempts by a theorist to work with Martin Ryle in the Cavendish, 1953–1955

The glorious years of discovery in radio astronomy in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge were dominated by the personality of Martin Ryle. The contact to the theorists, in the Observatories only a short distance away, were occasionally strained. Personal experience from this era will be the subject of this contribution. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)