“ If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are finally expressed through the four independent basic constants… George Gamow
“ Look at Columbus, or Magellan: looking back, historians call you an explorer, but at the time, you‘re just lost. Sean Stewart
“ The real significance of Magellan's voyage was not that it was the first to circumnavigate the planet, but that it was the first to realize just how big that planet was. Bill Bryson
“ On September 6, 1522, a battered ship appeared on the horizon … A small pilot boat was dispatched to lead the strange ship over the reefs … The vessel they were guiding into the harbor was manned by a… Laurence Bergreen
