An observer situated in a nebula and moving with the nebula will observe the same properties of the universe as any other… — Hermann Bondi Astronomy Copy Share Image
Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other. — Hermann Bondi Characteristics Copy Share Image
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble,… — Hermann Bondi Academic Copy Share Image
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did… — Hermann Bondi Contests Copy Share Image
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing… — Hermann Bondi Backgrounds Copy Share Image
The test of science is not whether you are reasonable—there would not be much of physics if that was the case—the test… — Hermann Bondi Cases Copy Share Image
[Newton's calculations] entered the marrow of what we know without knowing how we know it. — Hermann Bondi Calculations Copy Share Image
The kind of lecture which I have been so kindly invited to give, and which now appears in book form, gives one… — Hermann Bondi Bees Copy Share Image
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring… — Hermann Bondi Avoiding Copy Share Image
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number… — Hermann Bondi Assumption Copy Share Image
... an opportunity to allow the bees in one's bonnet to buzz even more noisily than usual. — Hermann Bondi Bees Copy Share Image
Our humanist attitude should therefore throughout be to stress what we all have in common with each other and relegate quarrelsome religion… — Hermann Bondi Attitude Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns… — Hermann Bondi Asking Copy Share Image
The landscape has been so totally changed, the ways of thinking have been so deeply affected, that it is very hard to… — Hermann Bondi Affected Copy Share Image
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate. — Hermann Bondi Accounts Copy Share Image
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should… — Hermann Bondi Able Copy Share Image
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully… — Hermann Bondi Accounts Copy Share Image
A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are… — Hermann Bondi Chance Copy Share Image