Bigs Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

18 Bigs quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson treats the concept of big with the same awe he gives the cosmos. Eighteen statements showcase his ability to make vast ideas feel both accessible and inspiring.

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When NASA dreams big America dreams big. People...kids say, 'I want to do that when I grow up'. Because you want to…

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That is a big question we all have: are we alone in the universe? And exoplanets confirm the suspicion that planets are…

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Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became…

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“Don’t know if it’s good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of…

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Many people feel small because they're small and the universe is big, but I feel big.

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The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for…

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If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a…

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All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such…

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If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look…

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While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to…

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Most of what Einstein said and did has no direct impact on what anybody reads in the Bible. Special relativity, his work…

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Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just…

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Those who see the cosmic perspective as a depressing outlook, they really need to reassess how they think about the world. Because…

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We're quite happy with our Big Bang description of cosmic origins. But actually, the Big Bang accounts for what happened only after…

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People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific…

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I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this…

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Our entire universe emerged from a point smaller than a single atom. Space itself exploded in a cosmic fire, launching the expansion…

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The most accessible field in science, from the point of view of language, is astrophysics. What do you call spots on the…

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Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the…

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In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...…

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The Pacific is the best toilet for satellites.

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…

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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

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The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In…

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New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…

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I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the natural resources…

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They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,…

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