screenwriter
British astronomer (1915–2001)
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“We now come to the question of applying the observational tests to earlier theories. These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past. It now turns out that... all such theories are in conflict with observational requirements.”
“There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.”
“I will say this for you, Chris. I never knew anyone who was better at finding work for other people.”
“All people are the same, pretty well irrespective of color, creed, or the way they happen to grunt out their language.”
“All people are pretty much alike, except in so far as ambition may change a man from a normal person into a machine or a monster.”
“One could conceive of other abstract systems, the consequences of which could be calculated, without it being necessary to provide a realization in actual material terms. We can conceive of other universes without those universes being compelled to exist. This indeed is the business of the pure mathematician.”
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