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Archaeology of the future is what it should be called. Archaeology of the past is very interesting because it tells us what we once were. But archaeology of the future is the study of what we're going to become, what we have a chance to become... it's a missing element in our understanding of the universe which tells us what our future is like, and what our place in the universe is. If there's nobody else out there, that's also quite important to know.

Philip Morrison

The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.

Philip Morrison

For the realm of the stars was slow to change. The sun evolves in billions of years, double stars rotate round each other in many decades, and even famous comets return only after many years. Astronomy deals still in the eternities, but nowadays it cannot neglect the split-second...

Philip Morrison

Philip Morrison

Philip Morrison

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Born: November 7, 1915

Died: April 22, 2005 (aged 89)

Bio: Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics.

Known for:

Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True (1995)
Reason enough to hope (1998)

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