D.K. Publishing QUOTES

1 " A man's sexual organ is penis and woman's sexual organ is brains. "

2 " Careful observation and a questioning attitude to findings are central to the scientific method of investigation, which underpins physics and all the sciences. "

― D.K. Publishing , The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

3 " controversial, "

― D.K. Publishing , The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

4 " Never dislike anything in life because you may struggle when you get it. "

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5 " Doing Good to others sometimes Brings Bad to you "

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6 " the history of mathematics is above all a story of discovery rather than invention. "

― D.K. Publishing , The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

7 " In our path of life respect the Signals (Parents) to reach our destinations safely "

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8 " Cyber security like a game of chess, its main challenge not to win, but never surrender. "

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9 " Islam is misunderstood by many. The extremists grab the headlines; those of us who want to practise our religion and live under this country’s laws do not make the news.” Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016 "

― D.K. Publishing , The Islam Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

10 " Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians all sought help from exorcists and omen-interpreters to gain protection from malign supernatural entities and discover the future. "

― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

11 " It was mathematicians, as much as engineers, who provided the means of building mechanical, and then electronic computing devices, which in turn could be used as tools in the discovery of new mathematical ideas. "

― D.K. Publishing , The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

12 " The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. John Locke English philosopher (1632–1704) "

― D.K. Publishing , The Law Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

13 " legislation concerning civil and human rights had to be fought for and even today is not universally adopted. The English Bill of Rights "

― D.K. Publishing , The Law Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

14 " Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent. Pythagoras Ancient Greek mathematician "

― D.K. Publishing , The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

15 " administration, and enforcement of the law by the legislature, executive, and judiciary respectively. "

― D.K. Publishing , The Law Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

16 " As well as being an abstract force, there was a god called Heka who personified magic. Heka helped ensure the harmony of the cosmos and acted as a conduit through whom worshippers could seek divine favors. He had a female counterpart, Weret-hekau (Great of Magic), who was depicted in the form of a cobra. It is thought that the snake-headed staffs often used by ancient Egyptian magicians may have represented her. "

― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

17 " The Aztecs had asked their host, the lord of Culhuacán, whether he would give his daughter as a bride for their chief. He agreed, believing she would be greatly honored as queen; however, to his horror they killed and flayed her as a sacrifice to their deity Xipe Totec. "

― D.K. Publishing , The Little Book of History (Big Ideas)

18 " Beneath the official pantheon, including the likes of Enlil, the Assyrian sky god, and Ea, the god of wisdom, was a layer of demons, such as Lamashtu, who threatened pregnant women, and Namtaru, the plague-demon, who needed to be mollified. Natural phenomena such as floods and lightning, or epidemic diseases, were not scientifically understood despite Mesopotamian advances, and so people at all levels of society preferred supernatural explanations. "

― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

19 " Kings guarded against these occurrences by consulting temple priests, in particular ashipu (exorcists), who performed magical rituals, and baru, who interpreted omens. "

― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

20 " Magic is as old as humankind. As soon as early people became aware of their environment, they believed it to be filled with spirits whose aid they invoked to control it, either directly through shamans—who they thought could travel into the spirit world—or through art. It is thought that early people modeled figurines and painted animals on cave walls in the belief that doing so would give them magical power over their world. "

― D.K. Publishing , A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

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