James Jeans Quote

The astronomer is satisfied if he can see the universe as it is, the cosmologist must ever strive to see it as it has been and as it will be.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1926), Cosmogony (p. 155), Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1927


The astronomer is satisfied if he can see the universe as it is, the cosmologist must ever strive to see it as it has been and as it will be.

The astronomer is satisfied if he can see the universe as it is, the cosmologist must ever strive to see it as it has been and as it will be.

The astronomer is satisfied if he can see the universe as it is, the cosmologist must ever strive to see it as it has been and as it will be.

The astronomer is satisfied if he can see the universe as it is, the cosmologist must ever strive to see it as it has been and as it will be.