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title: "5 Light Matter Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“The science of today is a light matter….Those amazing truths that our descendants will discover are even now all around us, staring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/the-science-of-today-is-a-light-matter-those-amazing-truths-that-our/)

[Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/paramahansa-yogananda-556_science_the-science-of-today-is-a-light-matter-t_667096.jpg)

> [In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/in-a-spiral-galaxy-the-ratio-of-dark-to-light-matter-is-about-a/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/vera-rubin-19124_dark_in-a-spiral-galaxy-the-ratio-of-dark-to_936785.jpg)

> [One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-flavin/one-might-not-think-of-light-as-a-matter-of-fact-but-i-do-and-it-is/)

[Dan Flavin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-flavin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/dan-flavin-51822_art_one-might-not-think-of-light-as-a-matter_2191404.png)

> [“In summary, there is nothing much to the conversion of energy into matter and vice versa. The first actual transformation of light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-genz/in-summary-there-is-nothing-much-to-the-conversion-of-energy-into/)

[Henning Genz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-genz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/henning-genz-4557_change_in-summary-there-is-nothing-much-to-the_3026209.jpg)

> [Because the theory of quantum mechanics could explain all of chemistry and the various properties of substances, it was a tremendous success.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-p-feynman/because-the-theory-of-quantum-mechanics-could-explain-all-of/)

[Richard P. Feynman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-p-feynman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/richard-p-feynman-495_chemistry_because-the-theory-of-quantum-mechanics_3177176.png)

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