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🇺🇸Carl Sagan

Science

1934–1996

"For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations."

"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so."

"Subito salse in me due cose: paura e desiderio: paura per la minacciante e scura spelonca, desiderio per vedere se là entro fusse alcuna miracolosa cosa. (Ancient Italian)"

"Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties."

"The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides."

"'Body of Copernicus' identified – BBC article including image of Copernicus using facial reconstruction based on located skull"

"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

"Nothing could be sure it was itself the original. So the only intelligent course lay in enjoying whatever life a being felt—living like a mortal, in the moment."

"What has led astronomers and cosmologists to come to this picture we have of this expanding universe that started in the big bang?"

"The game of science can accurately be described as a never-ending insult to human intelligence."

"We only see shadows of reality. We shouldn't expect those shadows to behave sensibly."

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🏛️Hippocrates of Chios

Mathematics

-469–-409

"The Quadrature of the Circle and Hippocrates' Lunes at Convergence"

"The new and the old methods complete one another on numerous points, and their simultaneous use will increase our knowledge of the outer atmosphere of the Sun much more rapidly."

"The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman."

"I myself can think of a dozen ways to annihilate all living persons within one hour."

"But there are still many unanswered questions. The halo that surrounds our Galaxy is one mystery region... The centre of the Galaxy hides even more secrets."

"The essential difference, which we meet in entering the realm of spirit and mind, seems to hang round the word "Ought."

"Above all, we must be accurate, and it is an obligation which we intend to fulfil scrupulously."

"I behold Thee, 0 Lord my God, in a kind of mental trance"

"Neither space nor time has any existence outside the system of evolving relationships that comprises the universe. Physicists refer to this feature of general relativity as background independence."

"My whole existence has been devoted to science and to teaching, and these two intense passions have brought me very great joy."

"The seventh Definition. The Golden Rule, or Rule of three, is that by which to three tearmes given, the fourth proportionall tearme is found."

"It is said that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch."

"Claus Pavels: Autobiographi, s. 58. Christiania: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, 1866."

"On the limits of quantum theory: Contextuality and the quantum–classical cut", Annals of Physics 327 1890–1932"

"This is a terrific outburst. And since it doesn’t have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We’ve had at least two reports of a new star."

"Explanation of the code "6EQUJ5" on the Wow! computer printout"

"The way I solved the theoretical problem was to go into the shop and build something concrete."

"I believe that consciousness is the way information feels when being processed."

"A Different Slant of Light"- on an edition of the Rubaiyat illustrated by Adelaide Hanscom Leeson"

"Since money belongs to the community … it would seem that the community may control it as it wills, and therefore may make as much profit from alteration as it likes, and treat money as its own property."

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🇬🇧Thomas Young (scientist)

Mathematics

1773–1829

"An Introduction to Medical Literature, Including a System of Practical Nosology Thomas Young"

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