“It is natural selection that gives direction to changes, orients chance, and slowly, progressively produces more complex structures, new organs, and new species. Novelties come from previously unseen association of old material. To create is to recombine.” GivingScienceNaturalChanceProduceMaterialsEvolutionStructureSpeciesComplexesAssociationOrgansUnseenSelectionNoveltyNatural Selection Book:Travaux scientifiques de François Jacob Source: Travaux scientifiques de François Jacob
“Myths and science fulfill a similar function: they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces that are supposed to govern it. They both fix the limits of what is considered as possible.” WorldHumansScienceForceHuman BeingsLimitsAccountsFunctionMythRepresentation Author:Francois Jacob