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“On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number of nebulae. The homogeneity assumption may then be put in the form: An observer situated in a nebula and moving with the nebula will observe the same properties of the universe as any other similarly situated observer at any time.”

May Moving Form Science Universe Numbers Property Scales Observation Assumption Regions Usual Observers Containing Large Scale Homogeneous Homogeneity Nebula

Author:Hermann Bondi

“Pick up a pinecone and count the spiral rows of scales. You may find eight spirals winding up to the left and 13 spirals winding up to the right, or 13 left and 21 right spirals, or other pairs of numbers. The striking fact is that these pairs of numbers are adjacent numbers in the famous Fibonacci series”

May Facts Left Numbers Picks Series Eight Accidents Scales Pairs Spirals Winding Up

Book:At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity

Source: At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity

“We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak which he sees in front of him and which he tries to scale there may not be another peak still beyond and higher up.”

Knows Trying May Stills Science Space Behinds Knowledge Fronts Position Higher Scales Wander Uncharted

Book:The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“It is all a matter of time scale. An event that would be unthinkable in a hundred years may be inevitable in a hundred million.”

Years May Matter Would Be Millions Events Hundred Scales Inevitable Unthinkable Matter Of Time

Book:Cosmos

Source: Cosmos

“No matter how deeply wedded one may be to the free enterprise system (and I, for one, am wedded for life), one has to accept the need for positive government; one has to consider government action on a sizable scale as desirable rather than as a necessary evil.”

Needs May Matter Government Action Evil Accepting Scales Enterprise Desirable Free Enterprise Necessary Evil

Book:Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New

Source: Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New