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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.
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Steve Forbes, Businessman (1947) |
Elizabeth Gilbert, Novelist (1969) |
John Glenn, Astronaut (1921) |
Jack Irons, Musician (1962) |
Elizabeth Jennings, Poet (1926) |
Mohammed Daud Khan, Statesman (1909) |
Margaret Laurence, Novelist (1926) |
Horatio Alger, Author (1899) |
Roman Jakobson, Scientist (1982) |
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