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We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery also has its beauty. Neither do I believe that the spirit of adventure runs any risk of disappearing in our world. Marie Curie
World Progress Beauty Believe Our Machinery Machines Though Our World Neither Runs Spirit Risk Allow Disappearing Adventure Also Scientific Reduced Scientific Progress Any Should Even Mechanisms Believed
I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools. Marie Curie
Me Class Father Rest Free Finished First Country Year Fatigue Rank Hoping Having Only Take Studies Almost Study Schools Returned Always Fifteen Then Held Teach Warsaw Compelled Growth
During the course of my research, I had had occasion to examine not only simple compounds, salts and oxides, but also a great number of minerals. Marie Curie
Great Simple Research Minerals Compounds Examine Only Had Also Occasion Course Number
I met Pierre Curie for the first time in the spring of the year 1894... A Polish physicist whom I knew, and who was a great admirer of Pierre Curie, one day invited us together to spend the evening with himself and his wife. Marie Curie
Time Day Great Together Wife First Met Year Spring Spend One Day Admirer Physicist Knew Invited Pierre Himself Polish First Time His Us Who Evening Whom
Pierre Curie came to see me and showed a simple and sincere sympathy with my student life. Soon he caught the habit of speaking to me of his dream of an existence consecrated entirely to scientific research, and he asked me to share that life. Marie Curie
Life Me Simple Research Sympathy Dream See Entirely Habit Student Share He Soon Sincere Pierre Scientific Caught Scientific Research Came His Existence Asked Speaking Consecrated
The death of my husband, coming immediately after the general knowledge of the discoveries with which his name is associated, was felt by the public, and especially by the scientific circles, to be a national misfortune. Marie Curie
Death Knowledge Husband National Circles Immediately General General Knowledge Misfortune Name Felt Scientific Coming His Discoveries After Which Public Associated
In 1906, just as we were definitely giving up the old shed laboratory where we had been so happy, there came the dreadful catastrophe which took my husband away from me and left me alone to bring up our children and, at the same time, to continue our work of research. Marie Curie
Work Alone Time Me Happy Old Husband Giving Giving Up Research Took Our Definitely Dreadful Had Catastrophe Shed Came Were Continue Been Left Up Laboratory Same Just Same Time Where Children Which Away Bring
I was really just a hard-core geek, if you will, in 1996, and was building websites as a hobby. I started doing a lot of web design and development and built my first website on the now-defunct GeoCities platform. Matt Mickiewicz
Website You Will Websites First Building Design Geek Web Development Built Doing Lot Just Hobby Really Platform Started
The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. It's a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing. Matt Mickiewicz
Business About Risk Small Small Business Small Business Owners Main Main Thing Puts Footing Equal Model Owners Fantastic Choice Business Owners Thing Designers
I never really felt like my age stopped people from wanting to work with me. I was speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities at 18, and I think that was mainly because web developing and management was a really young industry. Matt Mickiewicz
Work Me Age People Management Young Think Web Never Developing Mainly Like Industry Because Felt Lecturing Conferences Stopped Wanting Really Speaking Universities
Don't drag candidates through weeks of endless interviews. Don't flake out on interviews. At DeveloperAuction, we often have offer letters prepared in advance, so we can hand them to great candidates as they are leaving the office. Matt Mickiewicz
Great Interviews Out Through Weeks Advance Leaving Hand Offer Office Endless Often Candidates Them Prepared Letters Drag
Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth. Nicolaus Copernicus
Whatever Earth Sun Stationary Rather Moreover Remains Since Motion Due Really Appears
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. Nicolaus Copernicus
Truth God Judgment Philosopher All Things Seek Ideas Because Am Permitted His Subject Endeavour Human Ordinary Persons Reason Human Reason Aware Things Extent
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus
History Duty Astronomer Compose Through Study Motions Celestial The History Of Expert Careful
First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. Nicolaus Copernicus
First Universe Must First Of All Note
We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. Nicolaus Copernicus
Earth Between Bounded Poles Surface Enclosed Regard Certainty
So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. Nicolaus Copernicus
Work Hope Me Long Publish Had Allowed Advisor Friends Influenced Length
Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics. Nicolaus Copernicus
Work Mathematics Fear Made Men Few Other Benefit Out Give Eminent Through Students Scholarly Longer Very Same Common Refuse Urging Request Should
Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms. Nicolaus Copernicus
Ocean Earth Everywhere Pouring Forth Then Seas Fills Deeper
I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle. Nicolaus Copernicus
Mind Circle Appropriate Circular Sphere Shall Since Motion Heavenly Heavenly Bodies Bodies Rotation Now Recall
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility. Nicolaus Copernicus
Witness Space Important Earth Ways Bear Mobility Then Planets Many
Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth. Nicolaus Copernicus
Opportunity Too Consider Earth Having Obtained Sources Mobility Began Therefore
For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount. Nicolaus Copernicus
Daily Down Higher Drops Toward Pole Equal Climbs Opposite North Gradually Any Going Place While Rotation Traveler Amount
More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise. Nicolaus Copernicus
Seen Stars Rise More Longer South North While Certain Set
I'm so happy when someone does something original, and there's no focus group or planning committee. If the cinema doesn't get an injection of that once in a while, we're in trouble. Pawel Pawlikowski
Happy Cinema Focus Trouble Group Once Someone Something Does Get Committee While Planning Original
My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life. Pawel Pawlikowski
Life Reflection My Life Films Always Am Where
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