“chaos is a science of process rather than state, of becoming rather than being.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“Inventions were not like your children. Your children were all your flaws shown to you in a way that made you love them: your worst made good. Inventions were your best attempt at beautiful thought. They were objective; they worked or they did not. They had purpose, whether they achieved it or not. They were yours always, in that they did not leave you, or turn away.”
― Light from Other Stars
― Light from Other Stars
“The principle is that nature does something against its own will, and by self-entanglement, produces beauty.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
“I want a good story, with a beginning, middle and end.”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“Here was one coin with two sides. Here was order, with randomness emerging, and then one step further away was randomness with its own underlying order.”
― Chaos: Making a New Science
― Chaos: Making a New Science
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