--- title: "12 Most Quotes By Martin Rees" description: "12 Most quotes by Martin Rees. Plus more from Martin Rees and more Most sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/martin-rees-3002_belt_the-stupendous-time-spans-of-the-evoluti_1454037.jpg" --- > [The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (though maybe not in the United States Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-stupendous-time-spans-of-the-evolutionary-past-are-now-part-of/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/martin-rees-3002_belt_the-stupendous-time-spans-of-the-evoluti_1454037.jpg) > [The scientific issues that engage people most are the truly fundamental ones: is the universe infinite? Is life just a sideshow in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-scientific-issues-that-engage-people-most-are-the-truly/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/martin-rees-3002_astronomy_the-scientific-issues-that-engage-people_2752670.jpg) > [Over most of history, threats have come from nature - disease, earthquakes, floods, and so forth. But the worst now come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/over-most-of-history-threats-have-come-from-nature-disease/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/martin-rees-3002_come_over-most-of-history-threats-have-come-f_1033141.jpg) > [The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-images-of-earth-s-delicate-biosphere-contrasting-with-the-sterile/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/martin-rees-3002_apollo_the-images-of-earth-s-delicate-biosphere_729582.jpg) > [Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/not-even-the-most-secular-among-us-can-fail-to-be-uplifted-by/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/martin-rees-3002_among_not-even-the-most-secular-among-us-can-f_928852.jpg) > [There's now, for the first time, a huge gulf between the artefacts of our everyday life and what even a single expert,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/there-s-now-for-the-first-time-a-huge-gulf-between-the-artefacts-of/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/martin-rees-3002_alone_there-s-now-for-the-first-time-a-huge-gu_2780758.jpg) > [The most important advances, the qualitative leaps, are the least predictable. Not even the best scientists predicted the impact of nuclear physics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/the-most-important-advances-the-qualitative-leaps-are-the-least/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/martin-rees-3002_advances_the-most-important-advances-the-qualitat_504795.jpg) > [Ever since Darwin, we've been familiar with the stupendous timespans of the evolutionary past. But most people still somehow think we humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/ever-since-darwin-we-ve-been-familiar-with-the-stupendous-timespans/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/martin-rees-3002_astronomer_ever-since-darwin-we-ve-been-familiar-wi_1851339.jpg) > [Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/some-things-like-the-orbits-of-the-planets-can-be-calculated-far-into/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/martin-rees-3002_about_some-things-like-the-orbits-of-the-plane_416903.jpg) > [To most people in the U.K., indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/to-most-people-in-the-u-k-indeed-throughout-western-europe-space/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/martin-rees-3002_cold_to-most-people-in-the-u-k-indeed-through_2210184.jpg) > [Most theorists suspect that space has an intricate structure - that it is 'grainy' - but that this structure is on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/most-theorists-suspect-that-space-has-an-intricate-structure-that-it/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/martin-rees-3002_above_most-theorists-suspect-that-space-has-an_876292.jpg) > [Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/most-practising-scientists-focus-on-bite-sized-problems-that-are/) [Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/martin-rees-3002_big_most-practising-scientists-focus-on-bite_840560.jpg) ## Other authors on Most ## 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/most/martin-rees/#itemlist", "name": "12 Most Quotes By Martin Rees", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (though maybe not in the United States Bible Belt, nor in parts of the Islamic world). 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