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Heaven was not so far away in the eyes of these people (the Maya), who believed that individual, civic and social truths could be revealed by consulting with nature: the shifting of the wind, the arrival of the rain, the appearance of the stars

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

Anthony Aveni

Anthony Aveni

Born: March 5, 1938 (age 87)
Bio: Anthony Francis Aveni is an American academic anthropologist, astronomer, and author, noted in particular for his extensive publications and leading contributions to the field of archaeoastronomy.
Known for:
  1. People and the Sky (2008)
  2. Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico (1980)
  3. The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012 (2009)

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