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“When you see these deep similarities among different organs and bodies, you begin to recognize that the diverse inhabitants of our world are just variations on a theme.”
― Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
― Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore
“The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“We men dream dreams, we work magic, we do good, we do evil. The dragons do not dream. They are dreams. They do not work magic: it is their substance, their being. They do not do; they are.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore
“We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements—transportation, communications, and all other industries; agriculture, medicine, education, entertainment, protecting the environment; and even the key democratic institution of voting—profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Phoenix’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Phoenix’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
492 books
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30 friends
1,809 books
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216 friends
2,111 books
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224 friends
2,045 books
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303 friends
450 books
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34 friends
376 books
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29 friends
3,325 books
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1,189 friends
4,649 books
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614 friends
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