We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

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From 'A Brief History of Time'

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1988

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12717-we-are-just-an-advanced-breed-of-monkeys-…

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