Not to fear rethinking the world is the power of science: ever since Anaximander removed the foundations on which the Earth rested, Copernicus launched it to rotate in the sky, Einstein dissolved the rigidity of space and of time, and Darwin demolished the separateness of humanity . . . reality is constantly being redrawn in images that are increasingly effective. Step by step, the fabulous strangeness and beauty of reality is unveiled. The courage to radically reinvent the world: this was the subtle fascination of science that first captivated me as a rebellious adolescent . . .
