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Vera Rubin Quotes

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Vera Rubin
Science, Engineering, Progress
"In Quest of the Universe". Book by Karl F. Kuhn, 2007.

In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance-to-knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.

Vera Rubin
Ignorance, Knowledge, Dark

Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

Vera Rubin
Uplifting, Science, Demand
"Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters". Book by Vera Rubin, 1997.

We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.

Vera Rubin
Thinking, Study, Astronomers

Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

Vera Rubin
Sex, Doe, Different

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

Vera Rubin
Data, Problem

I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.

Vera Rubin
Moral, Kind, Moral Code
Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.

Vera Rubin
Giving Up, Teaching, Gave Up
Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The others are still very close.

Vera Rubin
Children, Years, People
Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

Religion is not the most important thing.

Vera Rubin
Important, Important Things
Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

It's certainly true that most of my close friends are Jewish.

Vera Rubin
Close Friends
Source: www.historicchevychasedc.org

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