Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

James Jeans

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Topic

Nature of life Biology Life

Author

James Jeans

Source

The Mysterious Universe

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Physicist Mathematician Scientist

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Jeans, James. The Mysterious Universe. Cambridge University Press/Macmillan, 1930, ch. 1.

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Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something?

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
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Medium
Novel
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Vol de Nuit [Night Flight]. Éditions Gallimard, 1931, ch. 14.

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Our life is frittered away by detail…. Simplify, simplify.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.