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“But I think that what it comes down to is this: we haven't stopped doing astronomy for the same reason we haven't stopped making art - it is just part of us.”
― Galaxy: mapping the cosmos
― Galaxy: mapping the cosmos
“The mind of the most rational among us may be compared to a stormy ocean of passionate convictions based on desire, upon which float perilously a few tiny boats carrying a cargo of scientifically tested beliefs.”
― The Scientific Outlook
― The Scientific Outlook
“I think it would be great to be born on Earth and die on Mars. Just hopefully not at the point of impact.”
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“He’s been known to obsess over typos in e-mails to the point that he could not see past the errors and read the actual content of the messages. Even in social settings, Musk might get up from the dinner table without a word of explanation to head outside and look at the stars, simply because he’s not willing to suffer fools or small talk.”
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
― Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
“I've come to suspect that whenever any ability is difficult to learn and rarely performed well, it's probably because contraries are called for - patting the head and rubbing the belly. Thus, good writing is hard because it means trying to be creative and critical; good teaching is hard because it means trying to be ally and adversary of students; good evaluation is hard because it means trying to be subjective and objective; good intelligence is rare because it means trying to be intuitive and logical.”
― Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching
― Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching
Pop Science & Other Nerdy Subjects
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Dear Readers, Welcome to the UAE science book club! My name is Mareya. As part of my work inspiring young girls in the UAE to pursue fields in scien ...more
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