--- title: "8 Global Quotes By Martin Rees" description: "8 Global quotes by Martin Rees. Plus more from Martin Rees and more Global sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/martin-rees-3002_barriers_science-is-the-one-culture-that-s-truly_1412632.jpg" --- > [Science is the one culture that's truly global - protons, proteins and Pythagoras's Theorem are the same from China to Peru. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/science-is-the-one-culture-that-s-truly-global-protons-proteins-and/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/martin-rees-3002_barriers_science-is-the-one-culture-that-s-truly_1412632.jpg) > [Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of a can-do attitude to science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/given-the-scale-of-issues-like-global-warming-and-epidemic-disease-we/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/martin-rees-3002_attitude_given-the-scale-of-issues-like-global-wa_1774191.jpg) > [Collective human actions are transforming, even ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - through global warming and loss of biodiversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/collective-human-actions-are-transforming-even-ravaging-the-biosphere/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/martin-rees-3002_biodiversity_collective-human-actions-are-transformin_1885156.jpg) > [Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/issues-relating-to-global-health-and-sustainability-must-stay-high-on/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/martin-rees-3002_ageing_issues-relating-to-global-health-and-sus_2180634.jpg) > [It is mistaken to claim that global problems will be solved more quickly if only researchers would abandon their quest to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-is-mistaken-to-claim-that-global-problems-will-be-solved-more/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/martin-rees-3002_abandon_it-is-mistaken-to-claim-that-global-prob_2336117.jpg) > [Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/science-is-a-part-of-culture-indeed-it-is-the-only-truly-global/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/martin-rees-3002_culture_science-is-a-part-of-culture-indeed-it-i_2563892.jpg) > [The challenge of global warming should stimulate a whole raft of manifestly benign innovations - for conserving energy and generating it by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-challenge-of-global-warming-should-stimulate-a-whole-raft-of/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/martin-rees-3002_benign_the-challenge-of-global-warming-should-s_2679995.jpg) > [Some global hazards are insidious. They stem from pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. And they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/some-global-hazards-are-insidious-they-stem-from-pressure-on-energy/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/martin-rees-3002_billion_some-global-hazards-are-insidious-they-s_2838919.jpg) ## Other authors on Global ## More by Martin Rees > [A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature of space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/a-monkey-is-unaware-that-atoms-exist-likewise-our-brainpower-may-not/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/when-scientists-are-asked-what-they-are-working-on-their-response-is/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The advance of science spares us from irrational dread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-advance-of-science-spares-us-from-irrational-dread/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times denser than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-sun-contains-about-a-thousand-times-more-mass-than-jupiter-if-it/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“We, and the visible universe around us, may exist only because of a difference in the ninth decimal place between the numbers of quarks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/we-and-the-visible-universe-around-us-may-exist-only-because-of-a/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/crucial-to-science-education-is-hands-on-involvement-showing-not-just/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should not rubbish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/i-have-no-religious-belief-myself-but-i-don-t-think-we-should-fight/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [“More energy is needed to rise a millimetre above a neutron star's surface than to break completely free of Earth's gravity. A pen dropped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/more-energy-is-needed-to-rise-a-millimetre-above-a-neutron-star-s/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The next humans to walk on the moon may be Chinese. Only China seems to have the resources, the dirigiste government, and the willingness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-next-humans-to-walk-on-the-moon-may-be-chinese-only-china-seems/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/if-we-ever-established-contact-with-intelligent-life-on-another-world/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/there-is-an-ever-widening-gap-between-what-science-allows-and-what-we/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [An insect is more complex than a star..and is a far greater challenge to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/an-insect-is-more-complex-than-a-star-and-is-a-far-greater-challenge/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-physicist-is-like-someone-who-s-watching-people-playing-chess-and/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [We are 'nuclear waste' from the fuel that makes stars shine; indeed, each of us contains atoms whose provenance can be traced back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/we-are-nuclear-waste-from-the-fuel-that-makes-stars-shine-indeed-each/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) > [Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/just-as-there-are-many-jews-who-keep-the-friday-ritual-in-their-home/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/global/martin-rees/#itemlist", "name": "8 Global Quotes By Martin Rees", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science is the one culture that's truly global - protons, proteins and Pythagoras's Theorem are the same from China to Peru. 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