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Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

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No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

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My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of looking at things, and I enjoyed that very much. I think that was a very large influence.

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My childhood bedroom - if childhood could be about ten years old - had a bed which was under windows which faced north. At about age 10, I started watching the stars just move through the night.

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By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

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I had the usual friends who pointed out constellations of stars. But it really was watching the stars. It was getting some sense of the motion of the earth. I found it a remarkable thing.

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We know very little about the universe. I personally don't believe it's uniform and the same everywhere. That's like saying the earth is flat.

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Don't let anyone keep you down for silly reasons such as who you are.

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The real prize is finding something new out there.

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Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 23rd, 1928

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