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David N. Schramm
(25 Oct 1945 - 19 Dec 1997)
American theoretical astrophysicist known for linking particle physics and cosmology to explain the universe’s origin, among other insights.
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Science Quotes by David N. Schramm (3 quotes)
It’s a common occurrence in a forefront area of science, where the questions are tough and the measurements extremely difficult. You have different groups using different methods and they get different answers. You see it all the time, and the public rarely notices. But when it happens to be in cosmology, it makes headlines.
— David N. Schramm
As quoted in John Moble Wilford, 'Astronomers Debate Conflicting Answers for the Age of the Universe', New York Times (27 Dec 1994), C9.
Science, more than any other endeavor, pushes civilization forward. If you turn it off, you turn off what drives the future.
— David N. Schramm
Cited as from an Interview in the Chicago Tribune (1997) as quoted in the Chicago Journal of the University of Chicago.
To be a cosmologist, you have to know particle physics.
— David N. Schramm
Epigraph, without citation, in David Michael Harland (ed.), The Big Bang (2003), viii.
See also:
- 25 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Schramm's birth.
- The Big Bang and Other Explosions in Nuclear and particle Astrophysics, by David N. Schramm. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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