Georges Lemaître Quotes

Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)

Georges Lemaître (17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian Catholic Priest, astronomer and professor of physics. He is primarily known as the Father of The Big Bang Theory.

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Alternative Names: Georges Lemaitre • Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître • Georges Henri Joseph Edouard Lemaitre • Georges Henri Lemaître • Georges Henri Lemaitre • Georges-Henri Lemaître • Georges-Henri Lemaitre • Abbé Lemaître • Abbé Georges Lemaître • Georges Édouard Lemaître • Georges Edouard Lemaitre • Georges-Henri Édouard Lemaître

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Ho troppo rispetto per Dio per farne un'ipotesi scientifica.

I have too much respect for God to make it a scientific hypothesis.

There is no conflict between science and religion.

We want a fireworks theory of evolution. The last two thousand million years are slow evolution: they are the smoke and ashes of bright but very rapid fireworks.

I was interested in truth from the point of view of salvation just as much as in truth from the point of view of scientific certainty. It appeared to me that there were two paths to truth, and I decided to follow both of them.

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