“We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the complexity of human life that uneasy stare at an alien nature is still haunting us, and the problem of surmounting it still with us.” WritingHumansLooksStillsUseProblemRealizingFiguresSpeechSymbolsAliensHuman LifeStaringComplexityHauntingUneasyFigures Of SpeechComplexity Of Human Book:The Educated Imagination Source: The Educated Imagination
“When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.” ThinkingWorldLooksNaturalExampleObjectsPlantDumbComplexityQuantumMechanicNatural WorldQuantum MechanicsSmartphonesPhotosynthesis Author:Jeff VanderMeer