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Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
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1990
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Kontinent 4: Contemporary Russian Writers
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1982
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Germans: The Biography of an Obsession
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1972
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Irresistible! Markets, Models, and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics
by George Bailey, Hagen Wenzek 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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2005
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Germans, Biography Of An Obsession
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The Temporal Guild
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Munich
by George Bailey, Time-Life Books, Stefan Moses 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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West Side Stories
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1995
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Die unsichtbare Front. Der Krieg der Geheimdienste im geteilten Berlin.
by George Bailey, David E. Murphy, Sergej A. Kondraschow 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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2000
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Marilyn Monroe and the Making of "Niagara"
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“What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary. ”
― George Bailey
― George Bailey
“As for astronomy, the Greeks did not accept their own or any of the original mythologies with which they came in contact. The refusal to accept mythological explanations for natural phenomena forced the Greeks to disregard the primary evidence of their senses, that is, the evidence of mere appearances. They reasoned their way out of the dead end imposed by the impression that up and down were directional absolutes and therefore the earth was the centre of the universe. By the middle of the fourth century BC (355) the earth and the other visible planets were recognised to be in orbital as well as other movement and the sun the fixed centre of the heavens. A gigantic first step in the direction of the Copernican system had been made. In the cosmology of Philolaos (which is the first recorded pre-Copernican version) there are a number of 'Mack Sennett' aspects, such as the assertion that all forms of life on the moon were fifteen times larger than those on the earth. This was because the author had determined the 'moonday' to be fifteen times as long as our day (that is, half a month).”
― George Bailey, Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
― George Bailey, Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
“Perhaps the Hungarian humorist Ferencz Karinthy captures the spirit of the situation best in a tableau about a bored businessman who amuses himself by looking through high-powered binoculars from his office high in a skyscraper into neighbouring office rooms. On one occasion he spies a middle-aged executive chasing a comely secretary around his desk. As it happens the observers knows the building in which this drama is taking place and can even make out the name of the occupant from the plaque on his desk. He consults the telephone directory and gives the culprit, who is still trying to force his attentions on the secretary, a ring. When the culprit answers the telephone the observer announces himself as God Almighty and tells him to stop molesting the young woman in his employ. The culprit, thunderstruck and unable to account fo the observer's exact knowledge of what has been going on, fall son his knees in a paroxysm of fear and wonder and begs forgiveness. The observer roundly berates the culprit who swears he will do anything to make amends and promises never to sin again. Hereupon the observer informs the culprit that he can indeed make amends by lending him 100 pengo [dollars]. The answer, of course is a burst of profanity and the abrupt termination of the call. Karinthy then draws his moral: if you want to play God don't try to borrow money...”
― George Bailey, Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
― George Bailey, Galileo's Children: Science, Sakharov, and the Power of the State
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