I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began with the Industrial Revolution.

We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate

Most scientists who are religious look for God in what science does understand and has explained. So the way in which my view is different from the creationists or intelligent design proponents is that I find knowledge a compelling reason to believe in God. They find ignorance a compelling reason to believe in God.

The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air.

I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began with the Industrial Revolution.

The American creationist movement has entirely bypassed the scientific forum and has concentrated instead on political lobbying and on taking its case to a fair-minded electorate... The reason for this strategy is overwhelmingly apparent: no scientific case can be made for the theories they advance.

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.