Peter Atkins Quote

A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other molecules in their own image, elephants, and things resembling elephants, will in due course be found roaming the country side.... Some of the things resembling elephants will be men.


The Creation, Chapter 1 (p. 3), W.H. Freeman & Co. 1981


A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other...

A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other...

A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other...

A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other...