Vera Rubin Quotes

• In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance-to-knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.

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  Ignorance, Knowledge, Dark

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• Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

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  Science, Engineering, Progress

  "In Quest of the Universe". Book by Karl F. Kuhn, 2007.

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• Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

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  Uplifting, Science, Demand

  "Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters". Book by Vera Rubin, 1997.

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• We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.

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  Thinking, Study, Astronomers

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• Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

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  Sex, Doe, Different

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• No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

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  Data, Problem

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• I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.

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  Moral, Kind, Moral Code

  Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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• I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.

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  Giving Up, Teaching, Gave Up

  Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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• Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The others are still very close.

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  Children, Years, People

  Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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• Religion is not the most important thing.

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  Important, Important Things

  Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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• It's certainly true that most of my close friends are Jewish.

  Vera Rubin

  Close Friends

  Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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