Light and the human is poorly understood by the astronomical profession, with many astronomers not understanding which light bulbs they should have in their own homes and offices! It is embarrassing that astronomers do not understand the many forms o...
It is a sad state of affairs that I do not know of any astronomer who fully understands the energy in their own daily environment. Until that changes, Dark Energy will always be a mystery to the astronomical community.
A few minutes after he arrived, Lee was talking to a group of astronomers eager to learn what news he could bring them, for there are few natural philosophers as frustrated as astronomers in a fog.
My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer.
Radio astronomers study radio waves from space using sensitive antennas and receivers, which give them precise information about what an astronomical object is and where it is in our night sky. And just like the signals that we send and receive here ...
Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude. He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep...
The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes to observe comes to his meridian; but the meteorologist has his observations bounded by a very limited horizon, and can d...
The undevout astronomer must be mad.
...by shortening the labours doubled the life of the astronomer. { .}
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
If I didn't choose art, I would have become an astronomer.
Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.
I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.
When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.
It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
Some readers may realize that this story, first published in 1956, has been overtaken by events. In 1965, astronomers discovered that Mercury does not keep one side always to the Sun, but has a period of rotation of about fifty-four days, so that all...
When I heard the learn’d astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me; When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them; When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much ...
The atmosphere is great for people - it allows us to survive - but it's a real headache for astronomers.
We explore astronomical life through medicate experience, and we live life through love and ardvarks.
Presidential money is almost like the housing bubble. It's growing at such an astronomical rate, you think it can't get any bigger.
