"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature."
-Jacob Bronowski
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"That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.“
-Jacob Bronowski
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