Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
Vera Rubinis an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. This phenomenon became known as the galaxy rotation problem. Although initially met with skepticism, Rubin's results have been confirmed over the subsequent decades. Attempts to explain the galaxy rotation problem led to the theory of dark matter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 August 1928
CountryUnited States of America
Vera Rubin quotes about
Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.
In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance-to-knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.
Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
No observational problem will not be solved by more data.