"Unfortunately, the optimistic view that "classical civilization" handed down certain fundamental works that managed t…"

"Since UFO stands for "unidentified flying object", the word ufology means approximately "knowledge about unknown flyi…"

"Euclid … manages to obtain a rigorous proof without ever dealing with infinity, by reducing the problem [of th…"

"Today Eratosthenes' method [of calculating the circumference of the earth] seems almost banal … yet it is inac…"

"Many scholars have felt that the Heronian passage [on a pipe-organ moved by an anemourion-like wheel] can be disregar…"

"From semantics to shipbuilding, from dream theory to propositional logic, any specialist … is invariably aston…"

"The oft-heard comment that Leonardo [da Vinci]'s genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justifi…"

"The age-long history of thinking on gravitation, too, was erased from the collective consciousness, and that force so…"

"Interviewer: Are you looking for God? Gianotti: No. I don’t think physics will ever be able to answer that question. …"

"Si, io credo in Dio. Non ci sono contraddizioni tra scienza e fede, l’importante è lasciare i due piani separati: ess…"