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Georges Lemaître
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“I have too much respect for God to make it a scientific hypothesis.”
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Andrea Tornielli, Il Creatore e le ipotesi della scienza (April 3, 2024)
“I was interested in truth from the point of view of salvation just as much as in truth from the point of view of scientific certainty. It appeared to me that there were two paths to truth, and I decided to follow both of them.”
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: AIKMAN, Duncan, New York Times Magazine, February 19, 1933, p. 3
“The primaeval atom”
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Description of the initial state of the universe. Article in Nature, 1931, vol 127, page 607
“We want a fireworks theory of evolution. The last two thousand million years are slow evolution: they are the smoke and ashes of bright but very rapid fireworks.”
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Article in Nature, 1931, vol 128, page 704
“There is no conflict between science and religion.”
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Times, February 19, 1933