Arts and Society

One of the reasons that led me to return to one of the questions I have most often dealt with, is the recent revolution in our ideas on mechanics. Will the principle of relativity, as conceived by Lorentz, not impose … Read More

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And we walked, with me carried, in front of the liberators! “Urbain!“ said one of the young men, laughing, “deliverance is near!“ “And bites too!“ replied the brave captain. Soon we arrived at the crest of a hill that was … Read More

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It was not as difficult as I supposed. I had only to take the path of the cockroaches: they entered the night over the door, I went out the day there. Immediately I reached the leg of a sailor, who … Read More

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So far we have not seemed to worry about whether laws actually vary, but only if men can believe them to be variable. Are laws considered to exist outside the mind that creates or observes them immutable in themselves? Not … Read More

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Sugar was not lacking on the commercial port, because I took care not to waste my time on the military port: the balls, the cannons and the rest will always be a pitiful treat for the ants! So here I … Read More

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Thus there is not a single law that we can state with the certainty that it has always been true in the past with the same approximation as today, I will say more, with the certainty that we will never … Read More

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The next morning I found myself in an old hotel in Rochefort, where the two brothers had returned. Wrapped in the tablecloths at night, I did not try to regiment myself: it would have been useless. I let myself be … Read More

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If you asked me about my days, I would say that I let them pass in the middle of the most charming races in the woods, the moor and the surroundings. My slaves worked perfectly: our larvae were well cared, … Read More

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Let us return to our imaginary world and ask ourselves if its inhabitants could not, without renewing the history of the sleepers of Ephesus, perceive this evolution. No doubt, no matter how perfect the heat conductivity on their planet, it … Read More

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For a few days our slaves, digging deep in the cellars of our anthill to enlarge them, had encountered a pile of bizarre matters. It was like a mass of thick tissue; if it had been made of silk, wool … Read More

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