Theodore Roszak, The Gendered Atom: Reflections on the Sexual Psychology of Science (1999)
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Goethe wondered at what point our instruments might be creating what we think we see out there in the world. ...his question is still a good one. Every science of observation must take care not to get lost among its own artifacts.
— Theodore Roszak
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Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes about Goethe)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,