Scratch the surface of knowledge and mystery bubbles up like a spring. And occasionally, at certain disquieting moments in history (Aristarchus, Galileo, Plank, Einstein), a tempest of mystery comes rolling in from the sea and overwhelms our efforts. — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
“In Anton Chekhov’s play the Three Sisters, sister Masha refuses ‘to live and not know why the cranes fly, why children are born, why… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
“Science is not a collection of facts. Nor is science something that happens in the laboratory. Science happens in the head. It's a flight… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Someone once quoted Shakespeare to the philosopher W. V. O. Quine: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
I am a cautious pilgrim of the night, a tentative wanderer among the stars. My awareness of my home in the universe is fleeting… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems. — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs, electrical stimulation,… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of knowledge and mystery bubbles up like a spring. And occasionally, at certain disquieting moments in history (Aristarchus, Galileo, Plank, Einstein),… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Nancy According to astronomers, every atom in my body was forged in a star. I am made, they insist, of stardust. I am stardust… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
Through our science we have created magnificent spacecrafts and telescopes to explore the night and the light and the half light. We have made… — Chet Raymo Copy Share Image
