--- title: "1 Matter Universe Quotes By Jim Peebles" description: "1 Matter Universe quotes by Jim Peebles. Plus more from Jim Peebles and more Matter Universe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg" --- > [It is an embarrassment that the dominant forms of matter in the universe remain hypothetical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant-forms-of-matter-in-the/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg) ## More by Jim Peebles > [I had good time in high school, but I don't think I learned a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-had-good-time-in-high-school-but-i-don-t-think-i-learned-a-lot/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [It is so easy for us theorists who build wonderful castles, beautiful ideas. Sometimes, it is remarkable, sometimes these beautiful ideas prove to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/it-is-so-easy-for-us-theorists-who-build-wonderful-castles-beautiful/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/you-re-entitled-to-say-if-you-re-so-smart-why-don-t-you-tell-me-what/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [I went to public schools, which is to say publicly financed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-went-to-public-schools-which-is-to-say-publicly-financed/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [My advice is not to aim for prizes and awards. We are in this for the joy of research, the fascination, the love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/my-advice-is-not-to-aim-for-prizes-and-awards-we-are-in-this-for-the/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [I simply liked looking at the world around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-simply-liked-looking-at-the-world-around-us/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-think-that-my-research-is-valuable-to-my-teaching-i-think-that-the/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/research-such-as-ours-is-driven-by-the-human-imperative-to-understand/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/it-s-stimulating-to-teach-a-new-course-to-teach-a-course-three-times/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [I see these people in Princeton, my home town, as they go marching for control of climate. It is a wonderful thing. I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-see-these-people-in-princeton-my-home-town-as-they-go-marching-for/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [Sometimes one must make extended conclusions from limited data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/sometimes-one-must-make-extended-conclusions-from-limited-data/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [One of my earliest memories of something that caught my attention was of a steam locomotive. I guess mainly because they have so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/one-of-my-earliest-memories-of-something-that-caught-my-attention-was/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [I've always been interested in mechanical things. I think I must have been heavily influenced by my father, who is also very good with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-mechanical-things-i-think-i-must-have/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [Science does not emerge in some perfect, complete crystalline form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/science-does-not-emerge-in-some-perfect-complete-crystalline-form/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) > [Teaching teaches not only the students, it also teaches the teacher, and physics is so full of complications that you can't in your career…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/teaching-teaches-not-only-the-students-it-also-teaches-the-teacher/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-universe/jim-peebles/#itemlist", "name": "1 Matter Universe Quotes By Jim Peebles", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is an embarrassment that the dominant forms of matter in the universe remain hypothetical.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Peebles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant-forms-of-matter-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is an embarrassment that the dominant forms of matter in the universe remain hypothetical.” — Jim Peebles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-universe/jim-peebles/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-universe/jim-peebles/", "name": "Matter Universe Quotes by Jim Peebles", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter-universe/jim-peebles/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/jim-peebles-13204_dominant_it-is-an-embarrassment-that-the-dominant_1749636.jpg" }, "description": "1 Matter Universe quotes by Jim Peebles. 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