The aim here is not to separate fact from fantasy but to show how each embodies a distinct class of knowledge and how one is deeply implicated in the other.

Constance Penley
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This quote is from one of my favorite books, "A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Einstein's Theory of Relativity." It is a book about the theory of relativity and how Einstein came up with it. A lot of people know about Einstein but not as much as they know about his theory. When reading the book though, you realize that Einstein was a very smart person who was able to see things others couldn't. He was also able to look at things differently and explain what they meant, and why they happened. He didn't just explain things; he tried to explain them in a simple way that everyone could understand them.

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