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# Heinz R. Pagels

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Heinz Rudolf Pagels was an American physicist, an associate professor of physics at Rockefeller University, the executive director and chief executive officer of the New York Academy of Sciences, and president of the International League for Human Rights. He wrote the popular science books The Cosmi

##  Quotes by Heinz R. Pagels

> [Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinz-r-pagels/stars-are-like-animals-in-the-wild-we-may-see-the-young-but-never-the/)

Heinz R. Pagels

[Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/heinz-r-pagels-91792_astronomy_stars-are-like-animals-in-the-wild-we-ma_232647.jpg)

> [“Without the possibility of error and real indeterminacy implied by the quantum theory, human liberty is meaningless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinz-r-pagels/without-the-possibility-of-error-and-real-indeterminacy-implied-by/)

Heinz R. Pagels

[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/heinz-r-pagels-91792_freedom_without-the-possibility-of-error-and-rea_771795.jpg)

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