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Gold has been the best form of money for centuries.
From The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Every sound has a story, a history that connects us.
From The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox
They were taken without her knowledge, and they changed the world.
The speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedent.
Understanding the pencil's history helps us appreciate its role in our daily lives.
From The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
The preservation of these texts was a remarkable feat, considering the conditions they endured.
From The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Lim
Many men lost their fortunes and their lives in the pursuit of longitude.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
The history of food is a history of human ingenuity.
From Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
The best way to understand the present is to understand the past.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Wonder Woman was a feminist icon before the term was even coined.
The trade of salt has shaped the world.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Most of the great leaps in human progress have come from individuals working together.
Every atom has a history, just like every person.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Revolutions in science do not occur in a vacuum; they are influenced by cultural, social, and historical contexts.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
The history of codes and code-breaking is the history of humanity itself.
From The Code Book by Simon Singh
Tea was more than a drink; it was a symbol of British identity.
In the silence of the library, the past is alive.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
In some respects, science has advanced more in the last century than in the previous two thousand years.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
In every work of art the spirit of the age is embodied.
The history of debt is intertwined with the history of money.
The gospels are not histories; they are theological narratives.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
Epidemic diseases shaped the destinies of human societies throughout history.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
To understand the past, we must confront its shadows.
History is littered with stories of people who followed their wild ideas.
From Loonshots by Safi Bahcall
The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most significant archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century.
From The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Lim
There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
From The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Understanding our history helps us appreciate our progress towards peace.
Debt is one of the most important social concepts in human history.
The greatest challenge facing Islam today is the challenge of modernity.
From No god but God by Reza Aslan
The most important skill of a historian is to be able to ask the right questions.
From Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
To understand the present, we must first understand the past.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Myth is much more important and true than history.
From The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The world is indeed full of maps, but few are as astonishing as the one that was made by William Smith.
The evolution of money reflects the evolution of human society.
From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The walls held memories of lives lived and lost.
From The Forgotten Room: Inside a Public Patient Hospital by Dan Baum
Ancient cultures understood the power of breath.
We are the products of a long process of evolution.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The history of cancer is the history of medicine.
The history of wealth creation is a history of discovery and innovation.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
History is a great teacher, but it is not the only teacher.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Salt was at the center of many ancient economies.
From Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
The history of information is the history of the human mind.
From The Information by James Gleick
History is not a simple linear development; it is a process of trial and error.
History is a record of the triumphs and tribulations faced by the church throughout the ages.
From The History of the Church by Eusebius
The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The development of cryptography is intertwined with the history of civilization.
From The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn
Every great invention is a product of its time.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
Understanding the past is crucial to addressing the future.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Understanding the past is essential for navigating the future.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The decline of violence may be the most important thing that has happened in the history of our species.
The development of superintelligence is likely to be a pivotal event in human history.
From Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
The problem of longitude was not just a scientific one; it was a matter of national pride.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
The quest for longitude was a matter of life and death.
From Longitude by Dava Sobel
To create the future, we must first understand the past.
From The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
The Great Migration was the most dramatic change in the American population in the 20th century.
History tends to repeat itself, especially in the financial markets.
The past is a guide to the future.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
The past is not a fixed entity.
From The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
The interplay of guns, germs, and steel determined the fates of human societies.
From Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
The quest for understanding the elements is as old as civilization itself.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The history of science is filled with the stories of those who sought to understand the elements.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Learning from the past helps us rebuild.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
The relationship between humans and machines will define the 21st century.
From The Age of AI by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher
Every generation has believed that the world was coming to an end.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
The things we carry are not just artifacts; they are the soul of our culture.
From The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Violence has been in decline over long stretches of history.
The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud.
From Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The lessons of history are a guide to the future.
The great difficulty of history is that it is written by the victors.
Many believe that the standard of living will continue to rise indefinitely, but historical trends suggest otherwise.
From The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon
Technological progress is built on the foundations of earlier discoveries.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
Species are disappearing at a rate unprecedented in human history.
In his hands, the earth became a tapestry of history, geology, and human endeavor.
The cod fishery is the most significant fishery in human history.
From Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
Every feather tells a story, a history of the bird it once adorned.
From The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Jazz Age was a time of change, and so was medicine.
From The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
Throughout history, God has been understood in many ways.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
History is not just what happened; it is what we remember.
From The Cave and the Light by Arthur Herman
In some respects, science has advanced more in the last hundred years than in the previous thousand.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
From The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
He was a man of his time, shaped by the political and social turmoil around him.
From Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
Understanding the past is crucial for predicting the future.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
Understanding the history of our food can deepen our appreciation.
From Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
Trees can live for thousands of years, witnessing changes in the world.
Understanding the past is essential for navigating the complexities of the modern economy.
From The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon
The discovery of the scrolls has transformed our understanding of the history of the Hebrew Bible.
From The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Lim
Every pencil tells a story, from the materials used to the hands that wield it.
From The Pencil: A History by Henry Petroski
The history of life on Earth is a long and complex story.
The history of electricity reveals much about human progress and ingenuity.
From The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World by Phillip F. Schewe
The history of cholera is a cautionary tale of neglect and the consequences that follow.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The digital revolution was not a single event, but a series of innovations that built on one another.
From The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
The extraordinary growth of the American economy from 1870 to 1970 was driven by a series of technological innovations.
From The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon
The lesson of history is that we may be right, but we cannot be certain.
Understanding our past is essential to navigating our future.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
We are at a pivotal moment in the history of technology.
From The Big Nine by Amy Webb
The scrolls also offer a window into the socio-political climate of the time.
From The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Lim
The study of the history of science is not an end in itself but a means to better understand the nature of science.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
To understand the past, we must first understand the present context of our lives.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson