1. Language
Language - in all its forms - is the key to unlocking all aspects of our World from the cultural creations of mankind to the mysteries and beauty of our Universe.

2. At a Faraday discussion meeting in Birmingham in 1954 on “The study of fast reactions”, the German scientist Manfred Eigen asked the Oxford don Ronnie Bell how in English one would describe reactions which were
‘faster than fast’.

3. Damn fast reactions indeed!”.
Ronnie Bell replied “Damn fast reactions Manfred and if they get faster than that, the English language will not fail you, you can call them
Damn fast reactions
indeed!”.

4. Fruit flies like a banana
Try to Translate
Time flies lie an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana
into any other language

5.
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14. Language
At a Faraday discussion meeting in Birmingham in 1954 on “The study of fast reactions”, the German scientist Manfred Eigen asked the Oxford don Ronnie Bell how the English language would describe reactions which were ‘faster than fast’.

15. Contemplate the impossibility of translating
Time flies like an arrow
but fruit flies like a banana
into another language

16. Ronnie Bell replied “Damn fast reactions Manfred and if they get faster than that, the English language will not fail you, you can call them damn fast reactions indeed!”.

17. Part of a nation’s intrinsic culture is encapsulated in its language and how it is used