Poetry and Science

“It may be, that long after the theories of the philosophers whose achievements are recorded in these pages, are obsolete, the vision of the poet will remain as a truthful and efficient symbol of the wonder and the mystery of Nature.”

In 50 years, they might look back on us and laugh — but Goethe will stand the test of time, wrote biologist Thomas Henry Huxley in the opening article of the first issue of Nature on 4 November 1869.

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Nature is completing today 150 years old. I recommend it's briefings (free)