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The beauty of the periodic table is in its ability to explain the chaos of the natural world.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The universe was no longer a chaotic affair; it was a structured entity governed by laws.
From The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick
Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom
The beauty of the natural world lies in its underlying order.
From The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick
Newton’s laws were not just descriptions of motion; they were a declaration of the order of the universe.
From The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick
The power of data is that it can turn chaos into order.
From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
In a world that can feel chaotic, rituals provide a sense of order.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
In a world that often feels chaotic, rituals provide us with a sense of order.
From The Power of Ritual by Casper ter Kuile
Invention is a dance between chaos and order.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
The periodic table is a remarkably orderly arrangement of the elements, but it’s also a story of chaos and complexity.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
We are witnessing the rise of a new order, where traditional boundaries are dissolving.
From The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
To be antifragile is to be able to profit from disorder.
From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder.
From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb