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“Quite possibly, the purpose of the universe is to provide a congenial home for self-conscious creatures who can ask profound questions and who can probe the nature of the universe itself.”
― Owen Gingerich
“...it's appalling to remember that the entire Oxford University Library was sold for scrap in the mid-1500s. Nor was that situation unique to Oxford, as libraries were deconstructed throughout the land.”
― Owen Gingerich, The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
“The human brain is by far the most complex physical object known to us in the entire cosmos.”
― Owen Gingerich, God’s Universe

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God’s Universe God’s Universe
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God’s Planet God’s Planet
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Copernicus: A Very Short Introduction Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus: Making the Earth a Planet (Oxford Portraits in Science) Nicolaus Copernicus
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