"Fretting about a dearth of randomness seems like worrying that humanity might use up its last reserves of ignorance."

"The fact that randomness requires a physical rather than a mathematical source is noted by almost everyone who writes…"

"I discovered that the computer is not like the violin; it doesn't take inborn genius or a lifetime of practice to get…"

"It's all done with gears. Also pinions, snails, arbors; pawls and ratchets; and cam followers; cables, levers, bell c…"

"The fact is, winding and dusting and fixing somebody else's clock is boring."

"The condensation of all property in the hands of one individual is an economic catastrophe-something like the formati…"

"After a few more centuries, perhaps the poorest billion will even be able to afford the $10.00 buffet."

"Compared with the elegant inventions of the theorists, nature's code seemed a bit of a kludge."

"If saving human lives is the great desideratum, then there is more to be gained by the prevention of drowning, and au…"

"A retired physicist reading the Encyclopedia Britannica can do just so much toward securing world peace."