Joseph Silk
British-American astronomer
Joseph Silk (born 3 December 1942) is an English-born astronomer and the Savilian Chair of Astronomy at the University of Oxford.
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edit- The left hand of creation
- Title of book
- The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.
- The Infinite Cosmos, Page 1
- Our knowledge of physics only takes us back so far. Before this instant of cosmic time, all the laws of physics or chemistry are as evanescent as rings of smoke.
- The Infinite Cosmos, Page 3
The Dark Side of the Universe, 2007
editThe Dark Side of the Universe, article in "Astronomy and Geophysics", April 2007, pages 2.30-2.38
- Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.
- Page 2.30
- The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox.
- Page 2.30
- Four predictions of the Big Bang Theory have now been verified - surely enough to quench even the most biased critics.
- Page 2.30
- One can always find inflationary models to explain whatever phenomenon is represented by the flavour of the month.
- Page 2.38
- Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting.
- Page 2.38
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