Without these experimental tests, very few physicists would have accepted general relativity. There are many hypotheses in physics of almost comparable brilliance and elegance that have been rejected because they did not survive such a confrontation with experiment. In my view, the human condition would be greatly improved if such confrontations and willingness to reject hypotheses were a regular part of our social, political, economic, religious and cultural lives. ( Chapter 7, “Lovers and Madmen”) a b c Lewenstein, Bruce (2002-03-08). "How Science Books Drive Public Discussion". National Institute for Standards and Technology . Retrieved 3 January 2010. The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit. (Introduction) Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain. ( Chapter 9, “Knowledge is Our Destiny: Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Intelligence”) The best antidote for pseudoscience, I firmly believe, is science. (Chapter 5, “Night Walkers and Mystery Mongers: Sense and Nonsense at the End of Science”)

Michener, James (25 January 1981). "Ten Million Civilizations Nearby". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 May 2011. Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man (with Richard Berendzen, Ashley Montagu, Philip Morrison, Krista Stendahl, George Wald) But, unfortunately, experimental Ionian methods and grasping were weighed down for several centuries. Pythagoras from Greece can be blamed for that. Chapter 4 – There could be being on other planets; however, it’s not likely to get to our world with a spacecraft. If we like them, they’re freedom fighters, she thought. If we don’t like them, they’re terrorists. In the unlikely case we can’t make up our minds, they’re temporarily only guerrillas.This finding was critical. From this understanding, determined travelers embarked on small boats. The distance they covered, we might never understand. However, the soul of discovery has been urged on by scholarships until this moment. What do you think have been satellites other than ships traveling through space? The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. The fundamental idea that the Earth is a planet, that we are citizens of the Universe, was rejected and forgotten.

Those resemblances might describe the reason we consider aliens naming them “Martians.” The myth of the Martian can be followed by Lowell, the creator of the Observatory of Lowell around Flagstaff in Arizona during the year 1894. On Mars, everything is a bit different. Although, Mars would be a good place for a honeymoon either; however, it resembles our world a little more. Mars has been the planet that is the nearest to our world, and it is kind of similar to it. On Mars, there are white plumes, sandstorms, and polar ice caps. The days on Mars are also 24 hours. Anatomy is not destiny, but it is not irrelevant either. ( Chapter 8, “The Future Evolution of the Brain”)Blum, Matt (August 5, 2011). "Cosmos Will Get a Sequel Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson". Wired . Retrieved August 5, 2011. The U.S. Library of Congress designated Cosmos one of eighty-eight books "that shaped America." [32] See also [ edit ] Condition: Good. Reprint. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. DJ has some edge wear and sun faded spine/edges. The integrity of the experimenters in the face of this unexpected finding is breathtaking. (It is difficult to imagine any experiment that would convince leading practitioners of many political or religious philosophies of the superiority of a competing doctrine. ( Chapter 8, “The Future Evolution of the Brain”)