#cosmology
20 quotes
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. Der Spiegel”
“What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary. Der Spiegel”
“If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”
“There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary? As quoted in The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (1986) by John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler . p. 444”
“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. As quoted in Stephen Hawking's Universe (1985) by John Boslough, Ch. 7 : The Final Question, p. 77”
“Handicapped People and Science”
“The Quantum State of the Universe”
“When I hear the words 'Schrödinger's Cat' I reach for my gun.”
“I regard [the many worlds interpretation ] as self”
“The Large Scale Structure of Space”
“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”