Astrophysics Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson Download Open image ““The ordinary photon is a member of the boson family.”” — Neil deGrasse Tyson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astrophysics Family
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I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in every process… — Gilbert N. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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“Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.” — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
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I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the natural resources… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“The toxicity of medical and industrial gas to the human depends on where it is used. A gas that is regarded as safe in… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“For reasons I have yet to understand, many people don’t like chemicals, which might explain the perennial movement to rid foods of them. Personally,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“The one we call Earth formed in a kind of Goldilocks zone around the Sun, where oceans remain largely in liquid form.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“The arrow of time obscures memory of both past and future circumstance with innumerable fallacies, the least trivial of which is perception.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
If we restructure things to see that the hero's journey is a degree in astrophysics rather than a journey to star in a reality… — John Green Copy Share Image
It turns out that the history of astrophysics is where we perfected time keeping. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Anyone who has wrestled knows that it's the hardest thing in the world to do. Anyone who says something else is the hardest thing… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Far from disproving the existence of God, astronomers may be finding more circumstantial evidence that God exists.” — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
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