My advice is not to aim for prizes and awards. We are in this for the joy of research, the fascination, the… — 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… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
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
What might we learn from lines of research that are off the beaten track? They check accepted ideas, always a good thing,… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
Research in the natural sciences operates in successive approximations. We are glad to be able to offer many good problems for research… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
We often say that our science is objective and accurate, but we don't often say that our science is incomplete - that… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
You should enter science because you are fascinated by it. That's what I did. — 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
