Saul Perlmutter

Scientist

1959-09-22

Quotes by Saul Perlmutter

• The original project began because we know the universe is expanding. Everybody had assumed that gravity would slow down the expansion of the universe and everything would come to a halt and collapse. The big surprise was it was actually speeding up.

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• As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

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• We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe.

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