Quotes About Walter Isaacson

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Given a choice of order or justice, he often said, paraphrasing Goethe, he would choose order. He had seen too clearly the consequences of disorder.

His theory indicated that the universe would have to be either expanding or contracting, not staying static. According to his field equations, a static universe was impossible because the gravitational forces would pull all the matter together.

The next day they had lunch, followed by a stroll along the cobblestone streets of old San Juan. When the discussion turned to Cas9, Charpentier became excited. "We have to figure out exactly how it works," she urged Doudna. "What's the exact mechanism it uses to cut DNA?

he did criticize his son for his weak and un-persuasive writing style. In reaction, the precocious young teen devised for himself a self-improvement course

When Franklin was ushered into the king's bedchamber at noon, after the official levee, Louis XVI was in a posture of prayer.

When highbrow critics accused Time of practicing personality journalism, Luce replied that Time did not invent the genre, the Bible did.

that this will be for the good of both nations," he said, giving a royal imprimatur to America's status as an independent nation.