Quote by Steven Weinberg

Note to academics: Aristarchus' track record of astronomical research would probably have guaranteed him tenure somewhere, if tenure had been invented. His stack of…

— Seth Shostak

Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the…

— Ernst Mach

“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

Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject…

— Ian Stevenson

“The astronomer's rule of thumb: if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen”

— Clifford Stoll

Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he…

— Bill Vaughan

“For example, a set of twenty-five studies involving five hundred astrologers examined the average degree of agreement between astrological predictions. In social science, such…

— Massimo Pigliucci

There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result…

— Alfred North Whitehead

I think that when we know that we actually do live in uncertainty, then we ought to admit it; it is of great value…

— Richard P. Feynman

When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth…

— Anonymous

“I don’t believe in astronomy. Or is it astrology? I always get those two confused. But I’ll tell you, that Copernicus was full of…

— Jarod Kintz

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

— W.W. Rouse Ball