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In extragalactic astrophysics we suffer from three types of ignorance: ignorance in principle, ignorance due to observational limitations, and ignorance due to inadequacy of theory and observation.

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To be a true scientist is only to have an inkling of the full extent of man's ignorance.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

Michael Rowan-Robinson

Michael Rowan-Robinson

Born: July 9, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Michael Rowan-Robinson FRAS FInstP is an astronomer, astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics at Imperial College London. He previously served as head of the astrophysics group until May 2007 and from 1981 to 1982, and as Gresham Professor of Astronomy.
Known for:
  1. Cosmology (1977)
  2. The nine numbers of the cosmos (1999)
  3. Our Universe: An Armchair Guide (1990)
  4. The cosmological distance ladder (1984)

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