This quote from Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 - 1995) appears in his book Mathematical Theory of Black Hole. The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. Thomas Chamberlin (1843 - 1928) was an influential geologist who founded the Journal of Geology.ĩ. Thomas Chamberlin's inspirational quote above was given during the 1888 University of Michigan Annual Commencement. Falsity in intellectual action is intellectual immorality. Gould developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium, whereby long periods of stability are punctuated by rare occurrences of branching evolution.Ĩ. Stephen Jay Gould (1941 - 2002) was an American paleontologist and an expert in evolutionary biology. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. Here, John Wheeler reminds us that in nature and human imagination, anything is possible.ħ. John Archibald Wheeler (1911 - 2008) was an American theoretical physicist largely credited for reviving dialogue in general relativity. There is no law except the law that there is no law.
This reminds us that religion and science have always lived in parallel, sometimes symbiotically, sometimes not.Ħ. Nicolaus' inspirational quote is ripe with anger and condemnation. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543) was a Polish renaissance mathematician and astronomer known for proposing that the Sun, in fact, is the center of the universe. I value them not, and scorn their unfounded judgment. There may be babblers, wholly ignorant of mathematics, who dare to condemn my hypothesis, upon the authority of some part of the Bible twisted to suit their purpose. Science is built upon previous knowledge, which is incredible that what is now common sense mathematics was once never before discovered or thought of.ĥ. Georg Lichtenberg ( 1742 - 1799) was a German experimental physicist known for satire. It is strange that only extraordinary men make the discoveries, which later appear so easy and simple. He often rejected the Big Bang Theory and instead favored a steady state university theory.Ĥ. Sir Fred Hoyle ( 1915 - 2001), an astronomer, was known for controversial stances on scientific matters and contribution to stellar nucleosynthesis.
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The trouble is that there are about 2000 enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10^40,000, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup.- Fred Hoyle Yet we are alive today, and that is a gift no one can undervalue.Īlbert Einstein was one of the most inspirational scientists of recent times (Credit: AP)ģ.
That galaxy, on top of that, is just one of billions of galaxies. Yet we are on a small planet circling a very average star, spiraling around a massive galaxy of hundreds of billions of stars. We have the power to go to space, are self aware, and masters of our own destiny. We are in many ways unimaginably small within this universe, yet uniquely special. Inspirational Quotes From Inspirational Scientists These are the quotes worth exalting, these are the quotes worth remembering. Some quotes I have read over and over throughout my adult life and each time they impart a fuller sense of meaning and understanding. The scientists below have left an invaluable influence in the trajectory of my life and career. To inspire is to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence. From Einstein to Newton to Galileo, the great minds of science touch on all you need to inspire you to achieve more. When you need a bit more motivation than normal we have all that you need.