Margaret Geller

There's something really beautiful about science, that human beings can ask these questions and can answer them. You can make models of nature and understand how it works.

Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long run to prevent a loss of imagination by providing adequate nutrition, housing, medical care, and schooling than it is to try to restore that loss.