Chris’s Reviews > The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology > Status Update

Zwicky taking top points for abrasiveness: "A Reminder to the High Priests of American Astronomy and to their Sycophants: 'The scholar's mission requires the study ... of unpopular ideas, of ideas considered abhorrent ... Timidity must not lead the scholar to stand silent when he ought to speak... when he has the truth to proclaim the scholar has no obligation to be silent in the face of popular disapproval.' "