Some might call this truth
In 1632 Galileo might just have whispered to himself as he signed, “but it still moves” – we will never know. But his confession reminds us that open-minded rational enquiry has always had its enemies. We can take nothing for granted, for totalitarian thinking, religious or political, will always be with us in some form or other. For this reason alone, we should nurture a living scientific literary tradition.
Ian McEwan, on scientific prose
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