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I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.

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I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe.

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So important is this dark matter to our understanding of the size, shape, and ultimate fate of the universe that the search for it will very likely dominate astronomy for the next few decades.

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I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity?

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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

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In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance to knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 23rd, 1928

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