Edwin Hubble

1889–1953 · American astronomer

Topics: learning, physics

• Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

  — Edwin Hubble

• Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive.

  — Edwin Hubble

• The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

  — Edwin Hubble

• Eventually, we reach the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows and search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial.

  — Edwin Hubble