I was never exposed as a kid to any real science. I read the occasional popular science book, and I loved Mechanics… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I arrived at Princeton as a graduate student from the University of Manitoba in 1958. To my great good fortune, I fell… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
Teaching teaches not only the students, it also teaches the teacher, and physics is so full of complications that you can't in… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I came from a very small high school in which there was no guidance and not any appreciable amount of physics taught,… — 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… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I love physics because it's neat and it's orderly in its own peculiar way. — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I loved teaching. In addition to that, I love physics. And so what could be better than to talk physics to bright… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
I started in engineering, where I think I could have happily remained and, who knows, made a bundle as a civil engineer… — 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
