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Quote by Edwin Powell Hubble

“Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.”

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Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer known for his significant contributions to observational cosmology and extragalactic astronomy. His discovery in 1929 that the universe is expanding was a major breakthrough, leading to the acceptance of the Big Bang theory. Hubble's work also provided evidence for the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and helped establish Hubble's Law. more

“It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish between living and dead matter; between moving bodies and bodies at rest. This is a primitive point of view. What seems dead, a stone or the proverbial "door-nail," say, is actually forever in motion. We have merely become accustomed to judge by outward appearances; by the deceptive impressions we get through our senses.”

Source: The Restless Universe

“One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms.”

Science Term Evident Defining Dictionary

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“The only distinct meaning of the word "natural" is stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i.e. to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once.”

Doe Science Natural Effects Intelligent Agents Fixed Miraculous

Book:The Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To which are Added Two Brief Dissertations : I. On Personal Identity : II. On the Nature of Virtue

Source: The Analogy of Religion, to the Constitution and Course of Nature: To which are Added Two Brief Dissertations : I. On Personal Identity : II. On the Nature of Virtue

“This new force, which was unknown until now, is common to organic and inorganic nature. I do not believe that this is a force entirely independent of the electrochemical affinities of matter; I believe, on the contrary, that it is only a new manifestation, but since we cannot see their connection and mutual dependence, it will be easier to designate it by a separate name. I will call this force catalytic force. Similarly, I will call the decomposition of bodies by this force catalysis, as one designates the decomposition of bodies by chemical affinity analysis.”