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Newton, Isaac. A New and Most Accurate Theory of the Moon's Motion. London: A. Baldwin, 1702.

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Einstein, Albert. "Atomic Education Urged by Einstein." New York Times, 25 May 1946. Originally from "Telegram to prominent Americans." 24 May 1946. USA.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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Einstein, Albert. "Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon, 3 May 1949.

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Hawking, Steven. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1988, conclusion.

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Osler, William. "Chauvinism in Medicine." Canadian Medical Association gathering. 17 Sept. 1902, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford

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Rutherford, Ernest. Quoted in Rutherford at Manchester, by J. B. Birks. Heywood and Company, 1962.

From religion comes a man's purpose; from science his power to achieve it.

William Henry Bragg

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Bragg, William Henry. "Sound in War." c. Christmas 1919, The Royal Institution, Westminster, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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Osler, William. Science and Immortality. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1904, ch. 2.

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Oppenheimer, Julius Robert. "The Atomic Bomb and College Education." Commencement ceremony. 28 Feb. 1946, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Jeans, James. The Mysterious Universe. Cambridge University Press/Macmillan, 1930, ch. 5.

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Weinberg, Steven. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe. Basic Books, 1977, epilogue.

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Weinberg, Steven. Address in Washington, DC. Conference on Cosmic Design. Apr. 1999, Washington, DC, USA.

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Einstein, Albert. "What Life Means to Einstein." Interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 Oct. 1929.

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Michelson, Albert A. "Comparison of the Microscope and Telescope with the Interferometer." Light Waves and Their Uses lecture series. 1899, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

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Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1. London: Josephi Streater, 1687, preface.

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Newton, Isaac. The Principia, translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995, the author's preface.

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Newton, Isaac. "Rules for Methodising/Construing the Apocalyps." Untitled Treatise on Revelation, c. 1680, rule 9.

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Einstein, Albert. Conference in New York City. Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life. 9 Sept. 1940-11 Sept. 1940, New York City, NY, USA.

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Einstein, Albert. "What Life Means to Einstein." Interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 Oct. 1929.

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Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

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Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.