#astronomy

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. ↗

— Voltaire

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I'm interested in astrology and astronomy. ↗

— Emm Gryner

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Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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At the base of the immense pillar, tiny Babylon was in shadow. Then the darkness climbed the tower, like a canopy unfurling upward. It moved slowly enough that Hillalum felt he could count the moments passing, but then it grew faster as it approached, until it raced past them faster than he could blink, and they were in twilight... For the first time, he knew night for what it was: the shadow of the earth itself, cast against the sky. ↗

— Ted Chiang

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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination. ↗

— Maimonides

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

— Plato

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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

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

— Charles Francis Richter

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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

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

— Sally Ride

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