William McCrea (astronomer) Quote

I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something one can choose.


Presidential Address, Royal Astronomical Society, February 1963


I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something...

I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something...

I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something...

I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something...