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  • Bombs

    ‘You drop a bomb and it falls on the just and the unjust. The prudent man can’t escape it, nor the honest man.‘― Isidor Rabi

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  • Oppenheimer

    ‘God knows I’m not the simplest person, but compared to Oppenheimer, I’m very, very simple.‘― Isidor Rabi

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  • Cackle

    ‘Another cackle. Will there ever be an egg ?‘― James Chadwick

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  • Speculation

    ‘There’s speculation, and then there’s more speculation, and then there’s cosmology.‘― Michio Kaku

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  • Italië

    ‘De begeerte om dit land te zien was overrijp; pas nu ze bevredigd is, krijg ik mijn vrienden en vaderland weer innig lief en wordt mijn terugkeer wenselijk, en wel temeer omdat ik het stellige gevoel heb dat ik zovele schatten niet tot eigen bezit en eigen gebruik meeneem, maar dat ze mij en anderen gedurende het hele leven als richtsnoer en stimulans zullen dienen.‘― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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  • Think Different

    ‘Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holees. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who…

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  • Of God and Scientists

    ‘If scientists don’t play God, who will?‘― James Watson

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  • Of God and Men

    ‘Men ought not to play God before they learn to be men.‘― Paul Ramsey

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  • Science and Method

    ‘The scientist does not study nature because it is useful. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and het takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.‘― Henry Poincare, Science & Method, 1908

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  • No more ICE

    I learned earlier this week from a colleague that ICE can also stand for Internal Combustion Engine. It was his own invention no doubt but he said he got a personalised number plate with ICE on it when he switched to an electric car. He had overlooked that ICE in the US also stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So his number plate didn’t go down well with some other drivers as they mistook it as a political statement against the government immigration policy. Anyway, last week I had to say goodbye to my good old Diesel engine powered car…

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