--- title: "4 Jesse L. Greenstein Quotes - Famous Astronomer" description: "American astronomer (1909–2002)... | Jesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b063/author-jesse-l-greenstein-68462.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jesse L. Greenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b063/author-jesse-l-greenstein-68462.jpg) # Jesse L. Greenstein (1909–2002) Astronomer **4** quotes in **68** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jesse L. Greenstein was an astronomer. ## Quick Facts About Jesse L. Greenstein Born October 15, 1909 Died October 21, 2002 Profession Astronomer ## About Jesse L. Greenstein American astronomer (1909–2002)... \| Jesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold. ## Quotes by Jesse L. Greenstein > [ In a certain sense I made a living for five or six years out of that one star \[Ï… Sagittarii\] and it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-l-greenstein/in-a-certain-sense-i-made-a-living-for-five-or-six-years-out-of-that/) [Jesse L. Greenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-l-greenstein/) [Areas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/areas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/jesse-l-greenstein-68462_areas_in-a-certain-sense-i-made-a-living-for-f_529211.jpg) > [In a sense Shapley's telling me that space was transparent, which I shouldn't have believed, illustrates a fundamental problem in science, believing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-l-greenstein/in-a-sense-shapley-s-telling-me-that-space-was-transparent-which-i/) [Jesse L. Greenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-l-greenstein/) [Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/jesse-l-greenstein-68462_accounts_in-a-sense-shapley-s-telling-me-that-spa_929814.jpg) > [At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-l-greenstein/at-the-age-of-three-i-began-to-look-around-my-grandfather-s-library/) [Jesse L. Greenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-l-greenstein/) [Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/jesse-l-greenstein-68462_accounts_at-the-age-of-three-i-began-to-look-arou_2453413.jpg) > [Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-l-greenstein/knowing-how-hard-it-is-to-collect-a-fact-you-understand-why-most/) [Jesse L. Greenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-l-greenstein/) [Analyzing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analyzing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/jesse-l-greenstein-68462_analyzing_knowing-how-hard-it-is-to-collect-a-fact_2988885.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-l-greenstein/#itemlist", "name": "Jesse L. 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