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Walter Baade
(24 Mar 1893 - 25 Jun 1960)
German-American astronomer.
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Science Quotes by Walter Baade (1 quote)
[Asteroids are] the vermin of the skies.
[Asteroids can block objects of interest on astronomical photographs.]
[Asteroids can block objects of interest on astronomical photographs.]
— Walter Baade
Quoted in Fred L. Whipple, Earth, Moon, and Planets (1968), 43.
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24 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Baade's birth. 
Walter Baade: A Life in Astrophysics, by Donald E. Osterbrock. - book suggestion.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
