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> [The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith of the scientist).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/the-natural-pattern-of-current-astronomy-is-provided-by-the-cryptic/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

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## More by Nigel Calder

> [The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/the-natural-pattern-of-current-astronomy-is-provided-by-the-cryptic/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

> [The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/the-threat-of-a-new-ice-age-must-now-stand-alongside-nuclear-war-as-a/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

> [Recent studies have considered the detection of a spaceship visiting our parish of the galaxy. In my opinion that last thought should bring a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/recent-studies-have-considered-the-detection-of-a-spaceship-visiting/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

> [Governments are trying to achieve unanimity by stifling any scientist who disagrees. Einstein could not have got funding under the present system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/governments-are-trying-to-achieve-unanimity-by-stifling-any-scientist/)

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> [But, when tales of the cosmos are told, this period of ours may always be recalled as that in which men first came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/but-when-tales-of-the-cosmos-are-told-this-period-of-ours-may-always/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

> [The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/the-big-discoveries-raise-questions-that-make-astronomers-work/)

[Nigel Calder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-calder/)

> [It's likely that CO2 has some warming effect, but real proof of that hypothesis is tricky. You have to confirm by observation exactly how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-calder/it-s-likely-that-co2-has-some-warming-effect-but-real-proof-of-that/)

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