Coming of Age in the Milky Way Quotes

“We tend to quarrel most bitterly with those who most nearly resemble ourselves.”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way

“Newton . . . viewed poetry as a kind of ingenious nonsense.”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way

“We don't see things in themselves, but only aspects of things. ”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way

“Space, Mach argued, is not a thing but an expression of relationships among events.”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way

“By the time of Archimedes death the world center of intellectual life already had shifted from Athens to Alexandria. . . . Here Ptolemy I . . . established . . . a vast library and museum where scientists and scholars could carry on their studies.”
― Timothy Ferris, Coming of Age in the Milky Way