Control Quote by Jim Peebles

I had good time in high school, but I don't think I learned a lot.

— Jim Peebles

It is so easy for us theorists who build wonderful castles, beautiful ideas. Sometimes, it is remarkable, sometimes these beautiful ideas prove to be…

— Jim Peebles

You're entitled to say, if you're so smart, why don't you tell me what that dark matter is? And I'll have to confess I…

— Jim Peebles

I went to public schools, which is to say publicly financed.

— Jim Peebles

My advice is not to aim for prizes and awards. We are in this for the joy of research, the fascination, the love of…

— Jim Peebles

I simply liked looking at the world around us.

— Jim Peebles

I think that my research is valuable to my teaching. I think that the two complement each other and I'm able to present somewhat…

— Jim Peebles

Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family,…

— Jim Peebles

It's stimulating to teach a new course. To teach a course three times in a row is, I think, about the maximum for me.…

— Jim Peebles

Sometimes one must make extended conclusions from limited data.

— Jim Peebles

One of my earliest memories of something that caught my attention was of a steam locomotive. I guess mainly because they have so many…

— Jim Peebles

I've always been interested in mechanical things. I think I must have been heavily influenced by my father, who is also very good with…

— Jim Peebles