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I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.


Elizabeth Moon


#biomedical #fantasy #i #i love #love

My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each in embryology, genetics, physics, astronomy and geology. The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the 'National Geographic.'


Joseph Murray


#each #genetics #geographic #geology #i

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.


James Nasmyth


#astronomy #attractive #beauty #brilliancy #clear

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.


Simon Newcomb


#astronomy #know #limit #nearing #probably

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.


Plato


#astronomy #compels #leads #look #soul

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.


Plato


#clear #compels #draws #events #everyone

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star.


Charles Francis Richter


#astronomy #brightness #brought #interest #magnitude

This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured.


Charles Francis Richter


#astronomical #astronomy #being #brightness #depending

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.


Sally Ride


#favorite #i #interested #liked #math

In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.


Martin Ryle


#astronomy #chair #me #new #our






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