Timeline of Telescopes, Observatories, and Observing Technology

Famous quotes containing the words observing and/or technology:

“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take half so much satisfaction in observing those of other people.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Technology is not an image of the world but a way of operating on reality. The nihilism of technology lies not only in the fact that it is the most perfect expression of the will to power ... but also in the fact that it lacks meaning.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)