“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
“The Place of No Shadows, in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (1990) In our Universe, matter is arranged in a hierarchy of structures by successive integrations.” MatterUniverseFictionShadowScience FictionStructureMagazinesStatisticsIntegrationHierarchyIsaac Author:Francois Jacob