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Edwin Hubble
8 quotes
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Realm of the Nebulae (1936)
“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.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Realm of the Nebulae (1936)
“The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Realm of the Nebulae (1936)
“...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.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Observational Approach to Cosmology, 1937, p. 63
“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.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.
“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 — at least in its physical aspects.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae (1996) by Gale E. Christianson, p. 183.
“She deserved the Nobel Prize for her work.”
Edwin Hubble (1889–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source