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James Jeans quotes: The motion of the stars over our heads is as much an illusion as that of the cows, trees and churches that flash past the windows of our train.

The motion of the stars over our heads is as much an illusion as that of the cows, trees and churches that flash past the windows of our train.

James Jeans quotes: Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

James Jeans quotes: The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions.

James Jeans quotes: One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel.

One must stand stiller than still. On reverse time travel.

James Jeans quotes: From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

James Jeans quotes: Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself.

Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself.

James Jeans quotes: The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.

The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.

James Jeans quotes: All discussion of the ultimate nature of things must necessarily be barren unless we have some extraneous standards against which to compare them.

All discussion of the ultimate nature of things must necessarily be barren unless we have some extraneous standards against which to compare them.

James Jeans quotes: Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.

James Jeans quotes: We may as well cut out group theory. That is a subject that will never be of any use in physics.

We may as well cut out group theory. That is a subject that will never be of any use in physics.

James Jeans quotes: The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.

The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.