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Arthur Koestler on Science

1905–1983 Hungary

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Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky.

The Act of Creation (1964)

The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeletons of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.

The Ghost in the Machine (1967)

If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the conquerors of thought are perhaps the pointsmen who, less conspicuous to the traveller's eye, determine the direction of the journey.

The Sleepwalkeers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (1959)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arthur Koestler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.