“regimes of the twentieth century depended not just on repression and control of the populace but on the active construction of national myth. Here the state leaders adopt the role of wise, courageous patriarchs who bravely resist decadent and predatory… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“A ruler who failed to manage China’s waters didn’t just risk social decay. He exposed himself to the charge that heaven itself had lost… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are conditioned to… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it was common… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“water is so protean a medium that it can be made to fit any purpose.” — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“Guan Zhong explains (as the fourth-century-BC Guanzi attests) that management of water is the key to maintaining social order. There are ‘five harmful influences’… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“regimes of the twentieth century depended not just on repression and control of the populace but on the active construction of national myth. Here… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
![“What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted. We are conditioned to think that a pattern needs a patterner and so at first glance it seems incredible to us that nature is able to do this, without any sort of blueprint…” quote by Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fa0/philip-ball-54140_able_what-is-striking-is-these-things-pattern_1710677.jpg)
