WhenIWasYourAge: We had to open all doors by ourselves. None of them knew we were coming.
Neil deGrasse TysonYou don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.
Neil deGrasse Tysonwhen I wrestled, I would set aside the time to wrestle, so that in my mind it didn't interfere with my study time. That helped me psychologically. When I'm wrestling, I'm not studying the universe. And when I'm studying the universe, I'm not wrestling.
Neil deGrasse TysonGreat scientific minds, from Claudius Ptolemy of the second century to Isaac Newton of the seventeenth, invested their formidable intellects in attempts to deduce the nature of the universe from the statements and philosophies contained in religious writings.... Had any of these efforts worked, science and religion today might be one and the same. But they are not.
Neil deGrasse Tyson