The History Of Astronomy Is A History

Astronomy Is Something Like The Ministry. No One Should Go Into It Without A Call. I Got That Unmistakable Call, And I Know That Even If I Were Second-rate Or Third-rate, It Was Astronomy That Mattered.

I Knew That Even If I Were Second Or Third Rate, It Was Astronomy That Mattered.

Science Is The One Human Activity That Is Totally Progressive.

A Scientist Naturally And Inevitably ... Mulls Over The Data And Guesses At A Solution. He Proceeds To Testing Of The Guess By New Data-predicting The Consequences Of The Guess And Then Dispassionately Inquiring Whether Or Not The Predictions Are Verified.

There We Measure Shadows, And We Search Among Ghostly Errors Of Measurement For Landmarks That Are Scarcely More Substantial.