If one looks at the special problems that were the mainsprings of progress along the oldest and most persistent lines of human inquiry, then one finds Nothing, suitably disguised as something, never far from the centre of things.

— John D. Barrow The Book of Nothing (2009)

More quotes by John D. Barrow

The Artful Universe (1995)

The Artful Universe (1995)

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

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

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

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