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Human knowledge behaves like a growing sphere; the more it expands, the more points of its surface touch the unknown.

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Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source. Just as the waters of a river near its mouth is composed largely of the waters of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions.

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Willy Ley

Willy Ley

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Born: October 2, 1906

Died: June 24, 1969 (aged 62)

Bio: Willy Otto Oskar Ley was a German-American science writer, spaceflight advocate, and historian of science who helped to popularize rocketry, spaceflight, and natural history in both Germany and the United States.

Known for:

The Conquest of Space (1949)
Lands Beyond (1952)
Galaxy Science Fiction, V14, No 2, June 1957
Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel (1944)

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