The Universe Revealed By Science

The Only Gratification That Science Denies To Us Is Deception.

It Takes A Fearless, Unflinching Love And Deep Humility To Accept The Universe As It Is. The Most Effective Way He Knew To Accomplish That, The Most Powerful Tool At His Disposal, Was The Scientific Method, Which Over Time Winnows Out Deception. It Can't Give You Absolute Truth Because Science Is A Permanent Revolution, Always Subject To Revision, But It Can Give You Successive Approximations Of Reality.

My Knowledge Of Science Came From Being With Carl, Not From Formal Academic Training. Carl Gave Me A Thrilling Tutorial In Science And Math That Lasted The 20 Years We Were Together.

Knowing A Deep Thing Well, Which Is What Science Asks Of Its Practitioners, Is An Empowerment That Is Very Profound. It's A Liberation.

For Most Of The History Of Our Species We Were Helpless To Understand How Nature Works. We Took Every Storm, Drought, Illness And Comet Personally. We Created Myths And Spirits In An Attempt To Explain The Patterns Of Nature.