"Radio astronomy reflects our fascination with how audio can be used to understand information or ideas. Just as scientists visualize data through charts and pictures, we can use 'data sonification' to translate radio signals into sound that help us better understand some of our most enigmatic planetary systems."

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Source : "Tuning In to the Universe" by Honor Harger, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.

Honor Harger

#Data Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Fascination Quotes

“I wish airplanes were more like elementary school with someone up front telling everyone to sit down and shut up.”
“Phin spared a moment of sympathy for Frank until he looked back and saw him at the bar, leaning into Cleaâ€™s cleavage. Get a grip, Frank, he thought, and then he looked down Sophieâ€™s dress and thought, Never mind, Frank.”
“Marriage? I don't know what I really think about marriage. I'm a bit confused on that issue.”
“Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.”
“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.”
“I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows.”
“Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.”
“As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.”

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