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Richard Powers Quotes

born 1957 United States

Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is a novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology on human lives, but without "gee-whiz" or Luddite overtones.

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All we can ever do is lay a word in the hands of those who have put one in ours.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual sense of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtle than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.

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