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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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