James Van Allen Quotes
We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.
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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
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It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
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Since Mashable's inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world's coolest innovations.
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I'm very interested in science.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
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I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
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So I decided on science when I was in college.
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I sat at the popular table, but I always felt really geeky.
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When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.
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Learn computer science. It's extraordinarily helpful. I like recommending learning economics as well so they think in terms of business, they have rational frameworks for looking at the world, but yeah, computer science is an amazing way to get into, even if you want to be CEO, having a tech background is helpful.
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We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.
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I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first they're going to love 'Harry Potter,' or they may love 'The Hunger Games,' but after that, they're going to love the act of reading and wonder, 'What else can I read?'
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In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.
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Science will, in all probability, be increasingly impregnated by mysticism.
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We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.
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We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.
