“I wonder how it can be considered that science disenchants the world. The power of the spells of physics to make the empty solid — and nothing, something — seem greater than anything I have ever read in folk tales.” ScienceSpaceKnowledgeMagicEnlightenmentHumanismPhysicsAstronomyCosmology Book:The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity Source: The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
“This is one of the wonders of books: the delight of being a species that can chronicle and preserve. I pick up a book from a shelf, and someone who is no more than ash or bone can still change me.” WisdomDeathHumanityReadingLanguageKnowledgeHistoryBooksLegacyConnection Book:Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain Source: Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain
