

“And yes, every one of our body’s atoms is traceable to the big bang and to the thermonuclear furnaces within high-mass stars that exploded more than five billion years ago.”
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

“One degree Celsius won’t feel like much on any given day to any given person, but totaled across the globe, it’s enough extra heat energy to power hundreds more hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and blizzards every year.”
― StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
― StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond

“If the president on his visit to China had witnessed Chinese peasants eating from garbage cans, he almost certainly would have cited it as proof that communism doesn’t work. What does it prove when it happens in the capitalist success called America?’’52 OneofeveryfiveU.S.adultsisfunctionallyilliterate.Oneoffourinhabits”
― Democracy for the Few: Eighth Edition
― Democracy for the Few: Eighth Edition

“The prevailing opinion among historians, ancient and modern alike, is that the senatorial assassins were intent upon restoring republican liberties by doing away with a despotic usurper. This is the justification offered by the assassins themselves. I present an alternative explanation: The Senate aristocrats killed Caesar because they perceived him to be a popular leader who threatened their privileged interests.”
― The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome
― The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome

“it would take much, much less energy to repair our world than for all of us to travel to another one.”
― StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
― StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
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