The astronomer William Herschel argued that the universe was vaster and older than anyone had realized.
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Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Its predictions about the early 21st century were only partially realized, but its deeper engagement with technology, intelligence and human evolution has kept scientists and filmmakers returning to it for nearly six decades.
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Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
Starting over was first impossible, then daunting, and then slowly manifested through a combination of therapy and more spiritual remedies (brief flirtations with Scientology and the Nation of Islam didn’t take hold).
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