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“scientific theories cannot be deduced by purely mathematical reasoning.”
― Steven Weinberg, To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

“at its most fundamental level science is not undertaken for any practical reason.”
― Steven Weinberg, To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

“The Babylonians had achieved great competence in arithmetic, using a number system based on 60 rather than 10. They had also developed some simple techniques of algebra, such as rules (though these were not expressed in symbols) for solving various quadratic equations.”
― Steven Weinberg, To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

“religions of the Roman Empire “were all considered by the people, as equally true, by the philosopher, as equally false, and by the magistrate, as equally useful.”8”
― Steven Weinberg, To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science