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" I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer. "
Vera Rubin
Women
Never
School
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" By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. "
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" My childhood bedroom - if childhood could be about ten years old - had a bed which was under windows which faced north. At about age 10, I started watching the stars just move through the night. "
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" Fame is fleeting. My numbers mean more to me than my name. "
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" I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity? "
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" We know very little about the universe. I personally don't believe it's uniform and the same everywhere. That's like saying the earth is flat. "
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" Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions. "
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" Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question. "
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" I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe. "
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" My father was an electrical engineer. He's presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of looking at things, and I enjoyed that very much. I think that was a very large influence. "
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Think
" We need senators who have studied physics and representatives who understand ecology. "
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" There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. "
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" We all need permission to do science, but for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women. "
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" Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did. "
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Ever
Us
" I had the usual friends who pointed out constellations of stars. But it really was watching the stars. It was getting some sense of the motion of the earth. I found it a remarkable thing. "
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" In my own life, my science and my religion are separate. "
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" Don't let anyone keep you down for silly reasons such as who you are. "
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Who
Silly
" The real prize is finding something new out there. "
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New
Real
" In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance to knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade. "
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" There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman. "
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