“Hydrogen is a light, odorless gas, which, given enough time, turns into people.”
Edward Robert Harrison (1919–2007) British astronomer
Smithsonian Magazine, December, 1995.
“This is the greatest discovery of the scientific enterprise: You take hydrogen gas, and you leave it alone, and it turns into rosebushes, giraffes, and humans.”
Interview with Brian Swimme by Susan Bridle, Enlightenment Magazine issue 19 The Great Story http://www.thegreatstory.org/SwimmeWIE.pdf
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