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A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (ca. 235 bc) b. Syracuse Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth. (1920-1992) b. The young specialist in English Lit, ...lectured me severely on the fact that in century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in century they were proved to be wrong. ... Isaac Asimov, Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 226. (1) At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. Isaac Asimov, In Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 220. (1) (1561-1626) b. For it is esteemed a kind of dishonour unto learning to descend to inquiry or meditation upon matters mechanical, except they be such as may be thought secrets, rarities, and special subtilities, which humour of vain supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato... Francis Bacon, J.M. Francis Bacon, Liberal Arts Press, Inc., New York, p 93. (5) (1842-? (1857-1911) b. Ludwig Boltzmann.

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