Spherical Quotes

We've demonstrated that not only are particles useful for making bubbles last longer, they fundamentally alter the properties of these bubbles. Instead of behaving like a fluid surface that flows to balance unequal stresses, the 'armor' of particles on the surface of the bubbles actually supports the unequal stresses inherent in non-spherical shapes. - Anand Bala Subramaniam

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. - Nicolaus Copernicus

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree. - Charles DarwinCharles Darwin

This is the excellent foppery of the world; that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and stars; as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and traitors by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence. - William Shakespeare

There are slow geochemical processes that can create spherical shapes and filamentous forms. The 'eye of the beholder' may guide us where to look...but that is not proof. - Peter Schultz

The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction. - Nicolaus Copernicus

The bubble wants to reduce its surface area by going back to a spherical shape, but the strong anchoring of the particles on the surface prevents their expulsion. The particles end up tightly packed, and eventually push against each other strongly, allowing the bubble surface to carry forces to support a non-spherical shape. - Anand Bala Subramaniam

Particles have been used to stabilize emulsions and foams for over 100 years. However, we've demonstrated that not only are particles useful for making bubbles last longer, they fundamentally alter the properties of these bubbles. Instead of behaving like a fluid surface that flows to balance unequal stresses, the 'armor' of particles on the surface of the bubbles actually supports the unequal stresses inherent in non-spherical shapes. - Anand Bala Subramaniam

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. - Nicolaus Copernicus