Martin Rees Quotes

Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - ...

A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspect...

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronaut...

Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypi...

Post-human intelligence will develop hypercomputers with the processing power to simulate living thi...

Most theorists suspect that space has an intricate structure - that it is 'grainy' - but that this s...

If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to co...

And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. F...

Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope w...

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the developmen...

It is mistaken to claim that global problems will be solved more quickly if only researchers would a...

The scientists who attack mainstream religion, rather than striving for peaceful coexistence with it...

The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are surely among scie...

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments an...

Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to...

It is foolish to claim, as some do, that emigration into space offers a long-term escape from Earth'...

Everything, however complicated - breaking waves, migrating birds, and tropical forests - is made of...

Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For i...

Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the i...

The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically...

We need to broaden our sympathies both in space and time - and perceive ourselves as part of a long ...

It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned program...

Some claim that computers will, by 2050, achieve human capabilities. Of course, in some respects the...

In our interconnected world, novel technology could empower just one fanatic, or some weirdo with a ...

The first voyagers to the stars will be creatures whose life cycle is matched to the voyage: the aeo...

Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: publ...

Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writer...