On the subject of stars, all investigations which are not ultimately reducible to simple visual observations are…necessarily denied to us… We shall never be able by any means to study their chemical composition.
Well, the first half seems approximately correct. The second sentence should have begun with “And by clever application of this means we shall...”.
Well, the first half seems approximately correct. The second sentence should have begun with “And by clever application of this means we shall...”.
Even if you interpret “visual” as ‘mediated by photons’, there’s such a thing as neutrino astronomy.