As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost… — Richard A. Proctor Copy Share Image
“Rick to Herschel: My wife is pregnant. That is either a gift here, or a death sentence out there.” — The Walking Dead Copy Share Image
“Herschel was a Jew." "And he was my best friend." "He was his best friend." "And I murdered him.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“It turns out to be the new Planet, which, a decade and a half later, will be known first as the Georgian,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“ Coelorum perrupit claustra. He broke through the barriers of the skies. [ Herschel's epitaph ]” — William Herschel Copy Share Image
Herschel removed the speckled tent-roof from the world and exposed the immeasurable deeps of space, dim-flecked with fleets of colossal suns sailing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Great question in science - questions like the ones Herschel raised about the structure of the universe - are seldom answered by… — James Trefil Copy Share Image
[Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“When Herschel saw Flamsteed’s “star” drift against the background stars, he announced—operating under the unwitting assumption that planets were not on the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“We’ve come a long way since Herschel’s experiments with rays that were “unfit for vision,” empowering us to explore the universe for… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Sir William Herschel was the first person to discover a planet beyond those easily visible to the naked eye, and he was… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“My dear nephew was only in his sixth year when I came to be detached from the family circle. But this did… — Caroline Lucretia Herschel Copy Share Image
“Among the many things that I showed Sir John [Herschel] while at Hammerfield, was a piece of white calico on which I… — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
“What caused me to undertake the catalog was the nebula I discovered above the southern horn of Taurus on September 12, 1758,… — Charles Messier Copy Share Image
“PLANETARIUM Thinking of Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) astronomer, sister of William; and others. A woman in the shape of a monster a monster… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“ [Pechblende] einer eigenthümlichen, selbstständigen metallischen Substanz bestehe. Es fallen folglich auch deren bisherige Benennungen, als: Ресhblende Eisenpecherz, hinweg, welche nun durch… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth Copy Share Image
“...The Presidential election has given me less anxiety than I myself could have imagined. The next administration will be a troublesome one,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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![“[Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No one or a dozen other books influenced me nearly so much as these two. I copied out from Humboldt long passages about Teneriffe and read them aloud on one…” quote by Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/909/charles-darwin-507_add_herschel-and-humboldt-stirred-up-in-me-a_2886288.jpg)
![“Among the many things that I showed Sir John [Herschel] while at Hammerfield, was a piece of white calico on which I had got printed one million spots. This was for the purpose of exhibiting one million in visible form. In astronomical subjects a million is a sort of unit, and it occurred to me to…” quote by James Nasmyth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ae/james-nasmyth-39995_astronomy_among-the-many-things-that-i-showed-sir_733605.jpg)
![“[Pechblende] einer eigenthümlichen, selbstständigen metallischen Substanz bestehe. Es fallen folglich auch deren bisherige Benennungen, als: Ресhblende Eisenpecherz, hinweg, welche nun durch einen neuen ausschliessend bezeichnenden Namen zu ersetzen sind. Ich habe dazu den Namen: Uranerz (Uranium)…” quote by Martin Heinrich Klaproth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/37e/martin-heinrich-klaproth-72236_astronomy_pechblende-einer-eigenth-mlichen-selbsts_689048.jpg)
