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14 quotes by Margaret Geller

Margaret J. Geller (born 1947) is an American astrophysicist at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Her work has included pioneering maps of the nearby universe, studies of the relationship between galaxies and their environment, and the development and application of methods for measuring the distribution of matter in the universe.
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When we look out into space, we're looking back in time; the light from a galaxy a billion light-years away, for instance, will take a billion... →

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At least in part, people are attracted to subjects where they can identify at a basic level with the people who do it. The extraordinary aesthetic of... →

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Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long... →

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One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.

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A family living at the poverty level is unlikely to be able to afford a computer at home. Even with a computer, access to the Internet is another... →

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I had a great deal of confidence when I graduated from Berkeley. I had almost none when I was at Princeton. After a while, when people tell you you... →

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It's a matter of the heart... I take teaching at Harvard very seriously and supervision of my students very seriously. Harvard should have a bona... →

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The United States is a leader across a broad range of scientific disciplines. Our technological prowess is part of our greatness as a nation. Sadly... →

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There's something really beautiful about science, that human beings can ask these questions and can answer them. You can make models of nature... →

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I didn't know what kinds of questions to ask in mathematics. In physics, I could see there were things that were known and things that... →

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There are things done under the name of science which are ridiculous. But there is also stuff done which sounds funny but is really serious.

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When I won the MacArthur, I didn't receive a different amount of money than the men did.

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I never had a single female professor throughout my whole education, from the beginning of university to the end. Even all the books were about men;... →

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