Author: Vera Rubin

Quotes

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?

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?

- Vera Rubin

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

- Vera Rubin

I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer.

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

In my own life, my science and my religion are separate.

In my own life, my science and my religion are separate.

- Vera Rubin

I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.

I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.

- Vera Rubin

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.

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.

- Vera Rubin

There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

- Vera Rubin

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.

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.

- Vera Rubin

Worldwide, half of all brains are in women.

Worldwide, half of all brains are in women.

- Vera Rubin

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