Books of Science
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The Books of Science are followed by Scientists across the galaxy and as such they will pay double the price listed. The combined value of the Books of Science is $450,000. However, if you have all of them in your cargo hold at the same time, the set will sell for $4,500,000 instead. The mentioning of digital timepieces in Pt. 5 is a reference to the beginning of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where Humans are said to be "so primitive they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."
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[edit] Book of Science Pt. 1
"What do you believe? And how much are you willing to risk on that belief? Would you risk your existence, and the existence of your species, on a hunch? A whim? The word of a prophet a thousand years dead?"
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 2
"The survival of a species is about managing risk. The more you know about the universe, and the more you know about yourself and your own capabilities, the better you can calculate the risk yourself."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 3
"Knowledge can be obtained through a process of investigation, observation, the gathering of empirical data, reason, hypothesis, and the testing of the hypothesis."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 4
"Anything else is a guess. You might be good at guessing- but one wrong guess, at any time, can doom your species."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 5
"Was it prophets and mystics who gave us electricity, antibiotics, modern signatation, aerospace science, and digital timepieces? No. It was those who proceeded rationally, building on the work of others to create new wonders."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 6
"That is why we proceed only from what we know, and why we constantly test what we believe to be true. We are rigorous with the truth, and ruthless."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 7
"The universe is no place for amateurs. Learn all you can, abolish your prejudices, and then act."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 8
"The Grox are an experiment that has not yet run its course."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 9
"The Grox are a machine race that guard the center of the galaxy against all life-forms. It is known their ultimate objective is to prevent something else from breaking out."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Book of Science Pt. 10
"Some of our theoreticians suggest that the motivation for the Grox's actions may lie in the difference between machines and organic life, though there seems to be no way to test this hypothesis."
Value: $45,000
[edit] Trivia
- Despite their name, the Books of Science appear to be scrolls.
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