We are forever trying to sell science because somebody somewhere will get a better toothbrush,” she grumbled. "Whatever happened to sheer curiosity? (Jack McDevitt)

We are forever trying to sell science because somebody somewhere will get a better toothbrush,” she grumbled. "Whatever happened to sheer curiosity?

Jack McDevitt

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