8 Quotes by Harlow Shapley

Some piously record 'In the beginning God', but I say 'In the beginning hydrogen'.

No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it.

The solar system is off center and consequently man is too ...

Theories crumble, but good observations never fade.

Chaos is but unperceived order; it is a word indicating the limitations of the human mind and the paucity of observational facts. The words ‘chaos,’ ‘accidental,’ ‘chance,’ ‘unpredictable,’ are conveniences behind which we hide our ignorance.

A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings, on the other hand, are messy, inexact things, which are believed by everyone except the man who did that work.

The solar system is off center and consequently man is too...

Some piously record ‘In the beginning God’, but I say ‘In the beginning hydrogen’.