"The meaning of the American Revolution is still debated more than 200 years later. The ideological descendants of the angry mobs believe that the principles of liberty espoused in the Declaration of Independence are most important, whereas the followers of the Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution believe that the political system established by the Constitution must be strictly maintained."
I've read most of the popularizations of the new physics. Some tell the story historically, others personally as a battle between Einstein and Bohr. This is the most successful one, I think, in communicating the theory and its marvelous contradictions of common sense. I haven't finished this yet but like it very much.
"But before we look, the atom is simultaneously in both boxes. The atom is in two places at once.
“But you’re saying something crazy about the world!” the questioner exclaims. “You’re saying that what previously existed is created by the way we look at something.” Most heads nod in agreement; others just seem baffled."
Charles Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University. He is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and pioneer in hyperdrama. He was the editor of Oregon Literary Review and the artistic director of Small Screen Video.
"Having written almost daily for over 40 years, I can say that writing is not a job or a vocation or a profession--it is an existence. It is a way of being in the world."
"Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street." Mary Ellen Lease, 1890
"All humanity's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room," - Blaise Pascal.
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