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Richard S. Powers
(18 Jun 1957 - )
American writer who worked for a while as a computer programmer before turning to a career in writing. He has written about a dozen books, beginning with Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985). His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.
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Science Quotes by Richard S. Powers (1 quote)
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual sense of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
— Richard S. Powers
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See also:
- Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Richard Powers.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
