But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Carl Sagan

Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

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Genius

Author

Carl Sagan

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Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

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Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Astronomer Scientist

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United States

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Citation

Sagan, Carl. Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science. Random House, 1979, pt. 2, ch. 5.

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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.

Robert Jastrow

God and the Astronomers

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Science and religion

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Robert Jastrow
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God and the Astronomers
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Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Jastrow, Robert. God and the Astronomers. W. W. Norton & Company, 1978, ch. 9.