"To try to make a model of an atom by studying its spectrum is like trying to make a model of a grand piano by listeni…"

"Plans for the final assault on Big Brother had already been worked out and agreed upon with Mission Control. Leonov w…"

"...and so recent are our best contrivances, that use has not dulled our joy and pride in them; and we pity our father…"

"In a certain sense I made a living for five or six years out of that one star [ υ Sagittarii ] and it is still a fasc…"

"Spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying biological systems. It often provides a convenient method for analysis o…"

"Spectroscopy is basically an experimental subject and is concerned with the absorption, emission or scattering of ele…"

"One important object of this original spectroscopic investigation of the light of the stars and other celestial bodie…"

"The identification of chemical atoms in stellar atmospheres is, in fact, is accomplished thousands of times a year in…"

"I learned about X-ray diffraction, neutron scattering, raman scattering, infrared absorption spectroscopy, heat capac…"

"In the heavens we discover [by spectroscopy] by their light, and by their light alone stars so distant from each othe…"