One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. (Robert A. Heinlein)

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.

Robert A. Heinlein

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