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    The coming of the printing press must have seemed as if it would turn the world upside down in the way it spread and, above all, democratized knowledge. Provide you could pay and read, what was on the shelves in the new bookshops was yours for the taking. The speed with which printing presses and their operators fanned out across Europe is extraordinary. From the single Mainz press of 1457, it took only twenty-three years to establish presses in 110 towns: 50 in Ita!0 in Germany, 9 in France, 8 in Spain, 8 in Holland, 4 in England, and so on.

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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the read more

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to read more

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

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The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, read more

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

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Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

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We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.

We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that read more

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

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It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be read more

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

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