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“When European mariners first came across Asian mariners, no one was surprised they both used sails.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“We’re as smart as evolution made us. So we’re the minimum intelligence needed to ensure we can dominate our planets.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Of course the Eridian language has no words for colors. Why would it? I never thought of colors as a mysterious thing. But if you’ve never heard of them before, I guess they’re pretty weird. We have names for frequency ranges in the electromagnetic spectrum. Then again, my students all have eyes and they were still amazed when I told them “x-rays,” “microwaves,” “Wi-Fi,” and “purple” were all just wavelengths of light.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Are all Russians crazy?” “Yes,” he said with a smile. “It is the only way to be Russian and happy at the same time.” “That’s…dark.” “That’s Russian!”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Light is a funny thing. Its wavelength defines what it can and can’t interact with. Anything smaller than the wavelength is functionally nonexistent to that photon. That’s why there’s a mesh over the window of a microwave. The holes in the mesh are too small for microwaves to pass through. But visible light, with a much shorter wavelength, can go through freely.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
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