Quotes about Discovery

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet

Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

The discovery that the universe was expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century.

We are very very small. But we are profoundly capable of very very big things.

in 1992 came the first confirmed observation of a planet orbiting a star other than our sun.

We have seen in this chapter how, in less than half a century, man's view of the universe, formed over millennia, has been transformed.

It also predicted that the electron should have a partner: an antielectron, or positron. The discovery of the positron in 1932 confirmed Dirac's theory and led to his being awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1933.

Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

Opening up the thrill and wonder of scientific discovery, creating innovative and accessible ways to reach out to the widest young audience possible, greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

Revolutions usually begin as replacements for older certainties, and not as pristine discoveries in uncharted terrain.

Seek with enough conviction aforethought and ye shall find.

A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour.