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Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

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“The chances of any individual animal leaving behind fossilised remains are infinitesimal. First, its dead body has to lie in a place where sediment accumulates. That is most commonly in a lake or sea. Bones lying on the surface of the land are much more likely to be destroyed than preserved. Next, the sediment has to cover the bones before they disappear, preferably even before they are disarticulated. After that, the mud-and the bones within it- has to be compressed and turned into stone by the great, infinitely slow, movements that distort and crumple the earth's crust. That has to happen without the total obliteration of any sign of the bones. And finally, those bones have to be located in the tiny proportion of rocks which happen to be sufficiently close to the surface for them to be discovered by a prospecting palaeontologist. Thus not only have the vast majority of individual animals disappeared without a trace but great numbers of species and families have doubtless existed of which we have no knowledge whatsoever.”

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Book:Life in Cold Blood
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“Not long after coming to Detroit, I heard of a museum of machinery in Dearborn which had been set up by Henry Ford but which, at that time, had not acquired its present popularity. The well-to-do people of fashionable Grosse Pointe and the Detroit workers as well ignored Greenfield Village, as this museum area was called. Almost nobody had any use for it, and I found out about it only through hearing people laugh at "old man Ford" for "wasting" millions on his "pile of scrap iron." These gibes excited my curiosity, and I asked my friends how I could arrange a visit and what was the earliest time I might go. "Any time you like," they answered, not troubling to conceal their disdain.”

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Book:My Art, My Life
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“The first thing I encountered on entering the museum was the earliest steam engine built in England. As I walked on, marveling at each successive mechanical wonder, I realized that I was witnessing the history of machinery, as if on parade, from its primitive beginnings to the present day, in all its complex and astounding elaborations. Henry Ford's so-called "pile of scrap iron" was organized not only with scientific clarity but with impeccable, unpretentious good taste. Relics of the times associated with each machine were displayed beside it. To me, Greenfield Village, inside and out, was a visual feast.”

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Book:My Art, My Life
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“2002 yılı civarında doğanlar AKP Hükümetinin gölgesinde büyüdüler, oy kullanma yaşına girenlerin hafızasında da kıyaslama yapabilecekleri başka bir siyasi iktidar yok. İlk gençlik dönemine adım atmış bir kuşağın duygularından davranışlarına, beğenilerinden zevklerine kadar her şey, ekseninde AKP’nin olduğu bir kültür dünyasında şekillenmiş sayılır. Çizgileri şimdi bir hayli netleşmiş kültür dünyasının geçmişteki ipuçlarını ve eğer herhangi bir kırılma yaşanmazsa yakın gelecekteki muhtemel evrimini içeren bir tablo çizmek için yeterince uzun bir süre bu. Toplumsal bir dönüşüm yaratmak iddiasıyla iktidara gelen AKP açısından kültür bir derlenip toparlanma, saflaşma aracı olduğu kadar kendisini geçmişe ve muhaliflerine karşı korunaklı kılan, muhalifleri ile yandaşları arasında sınır çizen bir kimlik vurgusuydu. Bu yüzden etrafında saflaştırdığı kesimlerin canını acıtacak iktisadi düzenlemeleri yaparken de, politik kararları alırken de dikkati hep partinin kültürel iddialarında toplamaya çalıştı. Bunda da bir hayli başarılı olduğu söylenebilir. Elinizdeki kitap AKP’nin kurduğu kültür dünyasının artık tamamlanmış resmindeki öğeleri, bunların arasındaki bağıntıları irdelemeye ve denk düştükleri iktisadi ve sosyal ilişkileri tartışmaya çalışıyor. Dizginsiz bir piyasaya Neo-Osmanlıcı ütopyanın tuğrasının basıldığı böyle bir dönemde yoksulun takvasının İslami burjuvazinin marka hırsıyla imtihanından çıkan sonuç AKP döneminin de temel çelişkisi olarak beliriyor. Yeni Türkiye bu ikisi arasındaki kurgulanmış uyumdan değil gizlenemeyen derin çelişkiden doğacak gibi görünüyor.”

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Book:Marka, Takva, Tuğra: AKP Döneminde Kültür ve Politika
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“A garden path,' write the landscape architects Charles W. Moore, William J. Mitchell, and William Turnbull, 'can become the thread of a plot, connecting moments and incidents into a narrative. The narrative structure might be a simple chain of events with a beginning, middle, and end. It might be embellished with diversions, digressions, and picaresque twists, be accompanied by parallel ways (subplots), or deceptively fork into blind alleys like the alternative scenerios explored in a detective novel.”

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Book:Wanderlust: A History of Walking
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“Despite what you may believe, you can disappoint people and still be good enough. You can make mistakes and still be capable and talented. You can let people down and still be worthwhile and deserving of love. Everyone has disappointed someone they care about. Everyone messes up, lets people down, and makes mistakes. Not because we’re inadequate or fundamentally inept, but because we’re imperfect and fundamentally human. Expecting anything different is setting yourself up for failure.”

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Author:Daniell Koepke
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