It's a matter of the heart... I take teaching at Harvard…

The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the Administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and retain the…

— Margaret Geller

I never had a single female professor throughout my whole education, from the beginning of university to the end. Even all the books were…

— Margaret Geller

I had a great deal of confidence when I graduated from Berkeley. I had almost none when I was at Princeton. After a while,…

— Margaret Geller

When people on airplanes ask me what I do, I used to say I was a physicist, which ended the discussion. I once said…

— Margaret Geller

At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The…

— Margaret Geller

A family living at the poverty level is unlikely to be able to afford a computer at home. Even with a computer, access to…

— Margaret Geller

The United States is a leader across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Our technological prowess is part of our greatness as a nation.…

— Margaret Geller

When we look out into space, we're looking back in time; the light from a galaxy a billion light-years away, for instance, will take…

— Margaret Geller

I didn't know what kinds of questions to ask in mathematics. In physics, I could see there were things that were known and things…

— Margaret Geller

There's something really beautiful about science, that human beings can ask these questions and can answer them. You can make models of nature and…

— Margaret Geller

When I won the MacArthur, I didn't receive a different amount of money than the men did.

— Margaret Geller

There are things done under the name of science which are ridiculous. But there is also stuff done which sounds funny but is really…

— Margaret Geller

One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.

— Margaret Geller

Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the…

— Margaret Geller