Academics Quote by Seth Shostak

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy.

— Otto E. Neugebauer

“The Sun is 93 million miles from Earth. In 1610, Galileo observed sunspots on its surface, proving that the Sun was rotating and at…

— Stewart Stafford

“The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of the founders…

— Augustus De Morgan

Eratosthenes's only tools were sticks, eyes, feet, and brains; plus a zest for experiment. With those tools he correctly deduced the circumference of the…

— Carl Sagan

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“Aristarchos simply divided it by 3.7 and got the size of the Moon!”

— Max Tegmark

“it is clear that in the study of beings this aim can be fulfilled by us perfectly only through successive examinations of them by…

— George F. Hourani

“...and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.”

— W.W. Rouse Ball

[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the…

— W. W. Rouse Ball

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

— Ken Jennings

Astronomy is written for astronomers

— Nicolaus Copernicus

The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine…

— Jean Sylvain Bailly