On Lamarck’s tomb, his daughter wrote, “You will be avenged.” How much these words say.
Professor Newton was forced to flee to the government. The same happened with our Mendeleev: he left the university still in strength. Cuvier pursued Lamarck and declared him and his fellow academics an idiot. Newton’s great manuscript lay unheeded and was printed many years after it was written. Edison wandered for a long time in poverty, finding no application to the hidden forces in her. It was the same with the famous Burbank.
All this is still happening today, especially in uncultured countries like old Russia. Great things were done not by jurors, but by men, in the conventional sense, small. Such, for example, are the artilleryman Engelhardt and the great Liebig, who did not graduate from high school and became a professor only thanks to the patronage and connections of Humboldt.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
It is clear that it is not very easy to find a genius, and it is not surprising that we do not see him, although he was. You will say that he must manifest himself, float into the light of God, show himself to people with great deeds. True, this is sometimes possible, but not always. History teaches us how many geniuses were not appreciated and destroyed in the beginning by the limitations of others.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, from the book “Woe and Genius”
I admit nothing but matter. In physics, chemistry, and biology, I see one mechanics. The whole cosmos is only an infinite and complex mechanism. Its complexity is so great that it borders on arbitrariness, surprise and chance, it gives the illusion of free will of conscious beings.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Life in higher organisms is like sleep, and life in higher animals, though terrible from the point of view of man, is subjectively unconscious. A cow, a sheep, a horse, or a monkey does not feel its humiliation, nor does a man now feel the humiliation of his life. But higher beings look upon man with regret, as we do dogs or rats.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
There is no creator god, but there is a cosmos that produces suns, planets and living beings: there is no almighty god, but there is a universe that controls the fate of all celestial bodies and their inhabitants.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Heroes and daredevils will lay the first air trails: the Earth is the orbit of the Moon, the Earth is the orbit of Mars and even further: Moscow - the Moon, Kaluga - Mars.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Great documentary. Very informative. I recommend it. There'll be power. 👌