Martin Rees

Nuclear weapons can be dismantled, but they cannot be uninvented.

— Martin Rees

The advance of science spares us from irrational dread.

— Martin Rees

I've got no religious beliefs at all.

— Martin Rees

Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.

— Martin Rees

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.

— Martin Rees

An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.

— Martin Rees

Experiments that crash atoms together could start a chain reaction that erodes everything on Earth.

— Martin Rees

I think a few hundred years from now we'll start having the 'posthuman' era of different species.

— Martin Rees

It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be…

— Martin Rees

The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing.

— Martin Rees

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

— Martin Rees

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and…

— Martin Rees

One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

— Martin Rees

One of the computer models for a four degree temperature rise would give rise to a 10 degree temperature rise in Africa.…

— Martin Rees

I'm not a specialist in the science but I have followed it fairly closely and it seems to me that there is…

— Martin Rees

If you take 10,000 people at random, 9,999 have something in common: their interests in business lie on or near the Earth's…

— Martin Rees

We can trace things back to the earlier stages of the Big Bang, but we still don't know what banged and why…

— Martin Rees

All the atoms we are made of are forged from hydrogen in stars that died and exploded before our solar system formed.…

— Martin Rees

Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For instance, our interconnected world depends…

— Martin Rees

The lives of those such as Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein are plainly of interest in their own right, as well as…

— Martin Rees

The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with…

— Martin Rees

Most educated people are aware that we're the outcome of nearly 4 billion years of Darwinian selection, but many tend to think…

— Martin Rees

I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum…

— Martin Rees

Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there…

— Martin Rees

Charles Darwin [is my personal favorite Fellow of the Royal Society]. I suppose as a physical scientist I ought to have chosen…

— Martin Rees

Manufacturing doesn't just mean building cars and metal-bashing; it includes making pharmaceuticals and hi-tech electronics. A crucial part of the process is…

— Martin Rees

To most people in the UK, indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is…

— Martin Rees

The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the…

— Martin Rees

“A measure of the strength of a body's gravity is the speed with which a projectile must be fired to escape its…

— Martin Rees

“In this perspective, it looks surprising that our universe was initiated with a very finely tuned impetus, almost exactly enough to balance…

— Martin Rees

I think all countries need to aim to cut the CO2 emissions per person, taking account of externalities like imports and exports.

— Martin Rees

It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to…

— Martin Rees

General writing about science, even if we do it badly, helps us to see our work in perspective and broadens our vision.

— Martin Rees

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.

— Martin Rees

Space and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger…

— Martin Rees

Collective human actions are transforming, even ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - through global warming and loss of biodiversity.

— Martin Rees

There are at least as many galaxies in our observable universe as there are stars in our galaxy.

— Martin Rees

I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.

— Martin Rees

The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime.

— Martin Rees

Computer power grows according to Moore's law, as does the sophistication of handheld devices.

— Martin Rees