Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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got this one specifically for Chris Riddell's illustrations (that and i never owned any edition of this book) i was browsing his work trying to distract myself from waiting impatiently for my deck of his Paths 🎴
well after i finally listened to the audiobook of Einstein's Dreams, i went ahead and read a digital copy and then went to abebooks and found this little one to put on my shelf
i also got Alan Fletcher's Picturing and Poeting, but much like his Art of Looking Sideways, it's difficult (for me) to explain
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reasons.
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For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reasons.
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