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This may be the low-impact evolutionary path you need to follow in order to survive into the far, far future.

— John D. Barrow The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos (2011)

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We are products of a past world where sensitivities to certain things were a matter of life or death.

The Artful Universe (1995)

There is a good deal more to Pythagorean musical theory than celestial harmony.

The Artful Universe (1995)

The abstractions of Einstein's curved space and time gave rise to analogies and pictures that played a new explanatory role.

Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science (2008)

Just focusing on what exists now seems a bit exclusive.

The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos (2011)

Ultimate explanation no longer means only a story that encompasses everything.

New Theories of Everything (2007)

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