It is so easy for us theorists who build wonderful castles, beautiful ideas. Sometimes, it is remarkable, sometimes these beautiful ideas prove to be close to what the observations tell us. But often and also they turn out to be… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
Certainly to me it has been valuable to have to think through the basics of physics in order to present them in a halfway coherent form for a course. That has led me to ideas in research. Even freshman physics… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
It is so easy for us theorists who build wonderful castles, beautiful ideas. Sometimes, it is remarkable, sometimes these beautiful ideas prove to be… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
You're entitled to say, if you're so smart, why don't you tell me what that dark matter is? And I'll have to confess I… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
My advice is not to aim for prizes and awards. We are in this for the joy of research, the fascination, the love of… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I think that my research is valuable to my teaching. I think that the two complement each other and I'm able to present somewhat… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family,… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
It's stimulating to teach a new course. To teach a course three times in a row is, I think, about the maximum for me.… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I see these people in Princeton, my home town, as they go marching for control of climate. It is a wonderful thing. I love… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories of something that caught my attention was of a steam locomotive. I guess mainly because they have so many… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
