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10 quotes by Brian Schmidt

Brian Paul Schmidt AC, FRS (born February 24, 1967) is a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at The Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He currently holds an Australia Research Council Federation Fellowship and was elected to the Royal Society in 2012....
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Australians have a free spirit and an ability to think outside the box, and that is why I like Australia so much.

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I have been described by one of my colleagues as a 'militant agnostic' with my tagline, 'I don't know, and neither do you!' I... →

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I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.

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The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.

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I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on... →

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There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

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I don't even really know what the big bang is, and so when people want to go through and say, 'Well, I believe that the universe started by... →

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Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend my life trying to find... →

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I'm actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view... →

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Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions... →

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