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• Biological Science: A contradiction in terms. -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
• En: The universal bidentate ligand used by coordination chemists.
  For years, efforts were made to use ethylene- diamine for this purpose, but chemists were unable to squeeze all the letters between the corners of the octahedron diagram....
• Books are for use. -- First law of library science
• Atomic Theory: A mythological explanation of the nature of matter, first proposed by the ancient Greeks, and now thoroughly discredited by modern computer simulation.
  Attempts to verify the theory by modern computer simulation have failed....
• Reading Habits: Omnivorous, but usually includes lots of science and science fiction.
  The typical hacker household might subscribe to "Analog", "Scientific American", "Co-Evolution Quarterly", and "Smithsonian"....
• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
  -- Francis Bacon, English philosopher (1561-1626)...
• A serious public debate about the validity of astrology?
  A serious believer in the White House? Two of them?...
• Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
  -- Francis Bacon [As anyone who has ever owned a puppy already knows. Ed.]...
• Compound: To make worse, as in: 1) A fracture; 2) the mutual adulteration of two or more elements.
  -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary...