Edwin Hubble
20 quotes
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.”
“The cosmologist is the historian of the universe.”
“Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive.”
“We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of world it is.”
“The exploration of space is the greatest adventure humanity can undertake.”
“With increasing distance, our knowledge fades.”
“Observations always involve theory.”
“The universe is expanding, and with it, so is our understanding.”
“The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.”
“Equipped with our five senses, we explore the universe around us.”
“If the apparent magnitudes of the nebulae are corrected merely for the effect of the red”
“I chucked the law for astronomy, and I knew that even if I were second”
“She deserved the Nobel Prize for her work. Often said by Hubble about Henrietta Swan Leavitt .”
“We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is”
“The whole thing is so much bigger than I am, and I can't understand it, so I just trust myself to it; and forget about it. Hubble's reply when asked about his beliefs from a friend, as quoted in Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae (1996) by Gale E. Christianson, p. 183.”
“...there must be no favored location in the universe, no center, no boundary; all must see the universe alike. And, in order to ensure this situation, the cosmologist postulates spatial isotropy and spatial homogeneity. The Observational Approach to Cosmology , 1937, p. 63”
“The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. The Realm of the Nebulae”
“Eventually, we reach the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows and search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The Realm of the Nebulae”
“Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The Realm of the Nebulae”
“The Exploration of Space”