Scientafic!

Newton said this in a letter to fellow scientist and competitor Robert Hooke in 1675, who was not particularly short but had a slight build due to kyphosis. This can be interpreted as an insult towards Hooke.

Although Einstein led the quantum physics revolution, for which he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, he was never comfortable with the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics, as encapsulated by this quote from 1926.

Feynman said this in the 1983 “Fun to Imagine” TV series, which you can find on YouTube. Feynman was not always a humble man, but certainly had his humble moments and is remembered as a great teacher of science.

Physicist and science communicator Carl Sagan said this in his famous “Cosmos” TV series in 1980.

Galileo defiantly said this in 1633 after the Church forced him to recant his claim that the earth moves around the sun. In 1992, Pope John Paul II formally apologized to Galileo on behalf of the Catholic Church.

Although this may be a mis-attribution, it is an important quote about the nature of the scientific enterprise.

Bill Nye said this while addressing graduates during his Goucher College commencement speech in 2019.

Charles Darwin is the father of Evolutionary Biology and known for his theory of evolution by natural selection. He published his famous book, “On the Origin of Species” in 1859.

Niels Bohr is known as the father of atomic physics, having contributed greatly to our understanding of the structure of atoms. 1960 was his later years.

Alan Turing is often considered the father of computer science. Although he tragically passed away in 1954, he was far ahead of his time in many ways.

In 1919, Albert Einstein married his second wife, Elsa. The two were maternal first cousins and paternal second cousins.

Legend has it that an apple fell on Newton’s head, an “Aha” moment that helped him realize that the same “force” that causes things to fall on Earth also controls planetary motion in space.