Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer.
He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy&nbs...
We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is — at least in its physical aspects. Edwin Hubble
We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is — at least in its physical aspects.
The whole thing is so much bigger than I am, and I can't understand it, so I just trust myself to it; and forget about it. Edwin Hubble
The whole thing is so much bigger than I am, and I can't understand it, so I just trust myself to it; and forget about it.
Eventually, we reach the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows and search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. Edwin Hubble
Eventually, we reach the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows and search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial.
Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages. Edwin Hubble
Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.
Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation. Edwin Hubble
Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.
Past time is finite, future time is infinite. Edwin Hubble
Past time is finite, future time is infinite.
We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes. Edwin Hubble
We find them smaller and fainter, in constantly increasing numbers, and we know that we are reaching into space, farther and farther, until, with the faintest nebulae that can be detected with the greatest telescopes.
The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system. Edwin Hubble
The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system.
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. Edwin Hubble
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.
Long ago when the light we now record left the very distant nebulae, the expansion was more rapid than it is today. Edwin Hubble
Long ago when the light we now record left the very distant nebulae, the expansion was more rapid than it is today.
Many times greater than even the maximum estimates of the smoothed-out density of material concentrated in nebulae, and we find no evidence of any considerable amount of internebular material which might increase the density. Edwin Hubble
Many times greater than even the maximum estimates of the smoothed-out density of material concentrated in nebulae, and we find no evidence of any considerable amount of internebular material which might increase the density.
Work, to be pleasant, must be toward some great end, an end so great that dreams of it, anticipation of it overcomes all aversion to labor. If only I find some principle, for whose sake I could leave everything else and devote my life. Edwin Hubble
Work, to be pleasant, must be toward some great end, an end so great that dreams of it, anticipation of it overcomes all aversion to labor. If only I find some principle, for whose sake I could leave everything else and devote my life.
