A view of nature as dense and nonlinear is at the core of our contemporary science. Process and order emerge subtly. Gregory Benford Read Quote
In temperate zones, winter is the best insecticide; it keeps the bugs in check. The tropics enjoy no such respite, so plants there have developed a wide range of alkaloids that kill off nosy insects and animals. Gregory Benford Read Quote
To deliver vast new resources to humanity, we must pioneer and occupy the moon, Mars, and perhaps even beyond. Gregory Benford Read Quote
Our moon was born too small to harbor life. It came from the collision of a Mars-sized world into the primordial Earth. From that colossal crunch spun a disk of rocks that condensed into a satellite. Gregory Benford Read Quote
The moon’s closeness is a huge advantage: To make it habitable, we would first have to bombard it with water-ice comets, a tricky endeavor best attempted with the many resources waiting on and near Earth. Gregory Benford Read Quote
It turns out that if you optimize the performance of a car and of an airplane, they are very far away in terms of mechanical features. So you can make a flying car. But they are not very good planes, and they are not very good cars. Gregory Benford Read Quote
The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong. Gregory Benford Read Quote
Nostalgia is eternal for Americans. We are often displaced from our origins and carry anxious memories of that lost past. We fear losing our bearings. Gregory Benford Read Quote
