Garik Israelian famous quotes

If you see, in the spectrum of a planet host star, strange chemical elements, it can be a signal from a civilization which is there.
-- Garik Israelian

#Stars #Civilization #Elements

I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
-- Garik Israelian

#Careers #Doubt #May

There are many unidentified bands in the spectra of stars. Wide bands are produced by some complex molecules in the interstellar space.
-- Garik Israelian

#Stars #Space #Molecules

When discs form around stars, there is interaction of angular momentum between disc, planets and parent star, and this interaction affects the rotation of the parent star, and that will affect the lithium abundance.
-- Garik Israelian

#Stars #Parent #Momentum

It's not very fun to do spectroscopy.
-- Garik Israelian

#Fun #Spectroscopy

Connection between life and radioactive nuclei is straightforward. No life without tectonic activity, without volcanic activity. And we know very well that geothermal energy is mostly produced by decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium.
-- Garik Israelian

#Energy #Connections #Decay

Let me mention that not all sun-like stars host planets - perhaps about 30% of them are planet-builders. It's not so easy to form a planet!
-- Garik Israelian

#Stars #Sun #Host

Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?
-- Garik Israelian

#Answers #Spectroscopy

The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.
-- Garik Israelian

#Tunes #Telescopes #Radio

We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.

Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.

I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.

There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again.

Apart from God nothing matters. We think that health matters, that freedom matters, or knowledge or art or civilization. And but for one insistent word they would matter indeed. That word is eternity.

Humankind has suddenly entered into a brand new relationship with our planet. Unless we quickly and profoundly change the course of our civilization, we face an immediate and grave danger of destroying the worldwide ecological system that sustains life as we know it.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements.