A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes astrophysicist cosmologist fiction
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Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great). Frederik Pohl cambridgecouplefiction Change image and share on social
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If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. Neil deGrasse Tyson astrophysicistblackeducator Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still be accepted as brute facts. So maybe the ultimate laws of nature will always be off-limits to science. Paul Davies acceptaccountattempt share on social