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> [“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it was common for histories of science either to commence decorously with Copernicus's heliocentric theory or to laud the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/it-is-only-rather-recently-that-science-has-begun-to-make-peace-with/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

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## Other authors on 2006

## More by Philip Ball

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/a-ruler-who-failed-to-manage-china-s-waters-didn-t-just-risk-social/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/what-is-striking-is-these-things-patterns-in-nature-e-g-fish-stripes/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

> [“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it was common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/it-is-only-rather-recently-that-science-has-begun-to-make-peace-with/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

> [“water is so protean a medium that it can be made to fit any purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/water-is-so-protean-a-medium-that-it-can-be-made-to-fit-any-purpose/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

> [“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’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/guan-zhong-explains-as-the-fourth-century-bc-guanzi-attests-that/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

> [“regimes of the twentieth century depended not just on repression and control of the populace but on the active construction of national myth. Here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-ball/regimes-of-the-twentieth-century-depended-not-just-on-repression-and/)

[Philip Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-ball/)

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