Thanks

[Barry Scott]

Hello,

Tonight i was quickly looking at the night sky, looking at constellations, the moon etc. I just thought to myself who should i be thanking for this. Well if God actually made the universe im sure i should thank him, but who discovered astronomy, who first realised the beauty of the sky. I know the Greeks had a big influence on astronomy, i think the Chineese and even Aztecs also were interested in astronomy. Should we even thank evolution for giving us the brains that are able to realise the potential of the sky. Maybe even Hubble, my question is, who does or has done the most for astronomy?

Your thoughts... :eek2:

[pgrmdave]

Galileo, for pointing his telescope at the heavens.

[Tormod]

The Greeks perhaps, for the harmony of the spheres? :eek2:

[octopus]

you seem to be very philosophical all of a sudden, llost in subtle thoughts..yeah, I used to think like that when I was sad..who made these greenery, waterfalls, lakes, oceans..creatures and milky way.

[ronthepon]

To me, it seems rather unfair to consider one party to have been the one who contributed the most in this feild...

[Jay-qu]

the shear improbabilty of things ending up this way. Its cool aint it :eek:

[UncleAl]

Physical reality is like the Internet - it is done wtihout expectation of reward. Don't make altars, make it better.

[Coronus]

It ain't the greeks or the Aztecs or Galileo who brought the cosmos so close to us and made us realise how beutiful it really is...Its mankind who did...Us...