The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
By: Max Born
4.17
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Albert Einstein and Max Born were great friends. Their letters span 40 years and two world wars. In…
Want to Read"God does not play dice with the universe."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
"God does not play dice with the universe."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
"For all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
"For all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
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"Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values."-Paul C.W. Davies, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
"Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word 'understanding."-Paul C.W. Davies, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
"Here the attention of the research workers is primarily directed to the problem of reconciling the claims of the special relativity theory with those of the quantum theory. The extraordinary advances…"-Paul C.W. Davies, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science
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"Ingen är normal."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"He’s more attached to things than people."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
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"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
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By: Eleanor Catton
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It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On… read more
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5. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
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11. The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
By: Max Born
4.17
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
Albert Einstein and Max Born were great friends. Their letters span 40 years and two world wars. In… read more
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"God does not play dice with the universe."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
"For all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to, except for the society of the true searchers, which has very few living members at any time."-Max Born, The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
