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A) He's from Ithaca, NY.
B) The book's simple concepts pretty much either make you say, 'finally, someone who gets it' or 'you lying @*&%$! How could you make such profound statements'? The book is basically focused on science vs/with religion and ... well, it's really good; below is an excerpt:

Quote:
"God can make a signal come from the bunghole of the Little Bear if He wants. Rankin's face was becoming bright red. Excuse me, but you've gotten me riled up. God can do ANYTHING.

Anything that you don't understand, Mr. Rankin, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it."
And um, around 400 pages of other good quotes too
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