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Heinz R. Pagels
(19 Feb 1939 - 23 Jul 1988)
American physicist and writer whose books include The Cosmic Code (1982), Perfect Symmetry (1985), and The Dreams of Reason: The Rise of the Sciences of Complexity (1988). He was Executive Director, of the New York Academy of Sciences. He died in a mountain climbing accident.
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Science Quotes by Heinz R. Pagels (3)
I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
— Heinz R. Pagels
The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Science of Complexity (1988). In Adam Frank, The Constant Fire (2009), 35.
Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.
— Heinz R. Pagels
The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity (1988). In Vicki Cassman, Human Remains (2008), 69.
Science is not the enemy of humanity but one of the deepest expressions of the human desire to realize that vision of infinite knowledge. Science shows us that the visible world is neither matter nor spirit; the visible world is the invisible organization of energy.
— Heinz R. Pagels
The Cosmic Code (1982), 348.
See also: | Avoid (3) | Desire (12) | Enemy (5) | Energy (38) | Expression (4) | Humanity (9) | Invisible (3) | Knowledge (330) | Matter (61) | Organization (10) | Realize (2) | Respect (7) | Science (444) | Spirit (9) | Vision (3) | World (45)
