“The central industry of modern civilisation, tending, because of its control over materials, to spread into and ultimately incorporate older industries such as mining, smelting, oil- refining, textiles, rubber, building, and even agriculture in respect to fertilizers and food processing.” ModernBuildingMaterialsIndustrySpreadOilAgricultureCivilisationRubberProcessingMiningRefiningFertilizerTextiles Book:Science in history Source: Science in history
“As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.” Would BeFeltSpaceConditionsPlanetsMaterialsColdSceneAdvantageIndependentWarmAtmosphereEmptinessDenseContaining Author:John Desmond Bernal
“A part of sexuality may go to research, and a much larger part must lead to aesthetic creation. The art of the future will, because of the very opportunities and materials it will have at its command, need an infinitely stronger formative impulse than it does now.” NeedsMayDoeArtOpportunityCreationMaterialsResearchStrongerSexualityCommandImpulseAesthetic Author:John Desmond Bernal
