All Martin Rees Quotes
- Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Absence
- In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the… Action
- Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a… Based
- The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning… Basics
- The U.S., France, Germany and Canada have all responded to the financial crisis by boosting rather than cutting their science funding. The U.K. has not. All
- I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft. Been
- Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects they already have. Achieve
- Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the fruits… Basis
- All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation. All
- We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long heritage, and stewards for an… Both
- To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills. Application
- In our interconnected world, novel technology could empower just one fanatic, or some weirdo with a mindset of those who now design computer viruses, to… Arise
- We know too little about how life began on Earth to lay confident odds. It may have involved a fluke so rare that it happened… Almost Inevitable
- The first arrival of earthly life on another celestial body ranks as an epochal event not only for our generation, but in the history of… Apollo
- Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to circle the Earth… Apollo
- The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime. Engineer
- Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and ever-increasing population, with… Ageing
- From the growth of the Internet through to the mapping of the human genome and our understanding of the human brain, the more we understand,… Brain
- From a personal perspective, I am disappointed that we have yet to really achieve a full understanding of the origins of life on Earth. What… Achieve
- Whether it is to reduce our carbon-dioxide emissions or to prepare for when the coal and oil run out, we have to continue to seek… Carbon