Astronomy Quote by Anonymous

the truth and value of a theory does not depend on the number of people who are interested in it - otherwise you might…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries…

— Stephen Hawking

science has now been for a long time - and to an ever-increasing extent - a collective enterprise. Actually, new results are always, in…

— Simone Weil

In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has to be discovered. We know only a few streaks about astronomy. We are only beginning…

— Lincoln Steffens

I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source…

— Gene Stratton-Porter

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

— Charles H. Townes

The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because…

— David Gross

“The various approximations that constitute our current physics theories are successful because simple mathematical structures can provide good approximations of certain aspects of more-complex…

— Max Tegmark

I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual…

— Derek Barton

A popular feel for scientific endeavors should, if possible, be restored given the needs of the twenty-first century. This does not mean that every…

— Walter Isaacson

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely,…

— Ken Jenkins

I assert that, in any particular natural science, one encounters genuine scientific substance only to the extent that mathematics is present.

— Immanuel Kant