John C. Mather Professions : Scientist Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by John C. Mather Many of the problems facing the nation and the world today may only be solved if their technical elements are understood - climate change, energy supply, health care, and infrastructure, to name just a few. John C. Mather climate-change health change today We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find. John C. Mather find only like universe We have our religious traditions coming from many thousands of years, and I think to myself, well, you know, if Moses had come down with tablets from the mountain that said, 'And guess what? There are protons and neutrons, and they are made out of quarks,' people wouldn't have understood what he said. So he didn't. John C. Mather myself you mountain people It seemed to me that NASA, especially Goddard, was the place where I could carry out the dreams that I had, which were to push forward an experiment that would measure the big bang radiation better than anyone had ever tried before. Therefore, it seemed like the perfect place to go. John C. Mather dreams better place me There's no such thing as saying that we'll ever find the ultimate cause of stuff. We can only work to push our understanding one step further. John C. Mather saying step understanding work Every time we get a story that says there was a Big Bang, then people want to know what was before that. And if we find out, what was before that? John C. Mather story know time people Similar Authors Bruce Ellis scientist Brian O'Leary scientist Amanda Feilding scientist Astro Teller scientist Arvid Carlsson scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek scientist All Authors