Je ne suis pas Charlie mais ….

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 8, 2015

“There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.”Mahatma Gandhi   “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Werner Heisenberg One might rephrase it as the […]


The gift

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 7, 2015

“ A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. “ Charles Darwin   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdNWq31qYE


It is never dark for nothing

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 6, 2015

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson …and your feelings about yourself will not be the same ….  


Passion is the key

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 5, 2015

“ Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up. “ Neil deGrasse Tyson   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNQgln6TL0


Anything is possible

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 4, 2015

Photo Credit: HubbleSite at NASA.gov  “ The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible. ”  Ray Bradbury   Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” […]


Stranger than fiction

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 3, 2015

“ Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”  Werner Heisenberg


Shadow

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 2, 2015

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadow will fall behind you ” Walt Whitman    


New Year’s Resolution

Posted by concettinasfienti on January 1, 2015

” When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change “ Max Planck   …want, need more? …


Time flies but you are the pilot

Posted by concettinasfienti on December 31, 2014

” Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.“ Albert Einstein  


The art of failure

Posted by concettinasfienti on December 30, 2014

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison   The BICEP2 story 2014 has simply shown how science works, and that’s mostly not by press release.