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“During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.” quote by Paul Nurse — Download Open image

“During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.”

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Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment and observation, They don't cherry pick data, They take a skeptical approach to what they do. And then scientists work together to get a consensus as to what should be believed And that generates very reliable knowledge and…

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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

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