Plainly, such an approach does not exclude other ways of trying to comprehend the world. Someone committed to it (as I am)… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In high altitude astronomical facilities we routinely discharged large amounts of nitrogen gas into closed spaces. We were never informed by the… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The word “lepton” derives from the Greek leptos, meaning “light” or “small.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning,… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Hardly has the universe stretched its wings to span When it gathers to egg once more” — J. Aleksandr Wootton Copy Share Image
How then did we come to the "standard model"? And how has it supplanted other theories, like the steady state model? It… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The leptons most familiar to the non-physicist are the electron and perhaps the neutrino; and the most familiar quarks are . .… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Like the microscopic strands of DNA that predetermine the identity of a macroscopic species and the unique propertires of its members, the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
My favourite fellow of the Royal Society is the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an obscure 18th-century Kent clergyman and a brilliant mathematician who… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The optimization of cosmic darkness and of Earth's location within the dark universe that sacrifices neither the material needs of human beings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that imagination is at the heart of everything we do - in art, science, even astrophysics and higher mathematics. Imagination… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
At one point I wanted to work for NASA and be an astrophysicist, so I did physics, math, and chemistry before realizing… — Gemma Chan Copy Share Image
“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“When discharging industrial gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy, we never wore breathing respirators that fed us oxygenated air… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals. [Referring to the… — Hannes Alfven Copy Share Image
“Quarks are quirky beasts. Unlike protons, each with an electric charge of +1, and electrons, with a charge of –1, quarks have… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Since only a narrow range of the allowed values for, say, the fine structure constant will permit observers to exist in the… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“In 2002, having spent more than three years in one residence for the first time in my life, I got called for… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an attempt by an atom to understand itself. — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“These early, single-celled organisms unwittingly transformed Earth’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into one with sufficient oxygen to allow aerobic organisms to emerge and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest lies that is currently being told in the USA workplace is on the legally required OSHA poster: All… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
