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“Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that have resisted the general movement. The rivers and the rocks, the seas and the continents, have been changed in all their parts; but the laws which direct those changes, and the rules to which they are subject, have remained invariably the same.”

Book:Biographical memoir. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth

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Biographical memoir. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth

This book delves into the Huttonian theory, a geological concept that explains the earth's formation and evolution through natural processes. It provides detailed illustrations and descriptions of geological phenomena, offering readers a deeper understanding of the earth's history and structure. more

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John Playfair

John Playfair (March 10, 1748 - July 20, 1819) was a Scottish scientist known for his significant contributions to geology, mathematics, and philosophy. He was a pioneer in the field of geology and made important contributions to the development of the discipline. more

“Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period of man's creation, our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it. But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part, our chronicle seems to fail us-a leaf has been torn out from nature's record, and the succession of events is almost hidden from our eyes.”

Source: A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick

“And nature must obey necessity.”

Science Nature

Author:William Shakespeare

“As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.”

Science Nature Interesting Goes On Chosen Mathematician Evident Time Goes On

Author:Paul Dirac

“But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.”

Ends Science Nature Natural Infinite Imperfect

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Revised Oxford Translation

“Coy Nature, (which remain'd, though aged grown, A beauteous virgin still, enjoy'd by none, Nor seen unveil'd by anyone), When Harvey's violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree: There Daphne's Lover stopped, and thought it much The very leaves of her to touch: But Harvey, our Apollo, stopp'd not so; Into the Bark and Root he after her did go!”

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