Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Maria Mitchell
- Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.
- We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.
- Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
- Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
- The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!
- We especially need imagination in science. It is not all logic, nor all mathematics, but is somewhat beauty and poetry.
- I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.
- People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
- The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
- We have a hunger of the mind Which asks for knowledge all around us And the more we gain, the more is our desire.
Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) was an American astronomer and educator, born on August 1, 1818, on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was the third of ten children born to Quaker parents, William and Lydia Mitchell.
Mitchell was interested in astronomy from an early age, and her father encouraged her by providing her with a telescope and teaching her about the stars. In 1847, she discovered a new comet, which became known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet.” This discovery made her famous, and she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1848.
Mitchell continued to teach and work as an astronomer, becoming the first woman appointed to the faculty of Vassar College in 1865, where she established the first observatory in the United States dedicated to research and teaching. She also served as the president of the Association for the Advancement of Women.
Mitchell was a trailblazer for women in science and education, and she used her position to advocate for the inclusion of women in these fields. She died on June 28, 1889, in Lynn, Massachusetts, at the age of 70.
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