Science stands in wonder The same afternoon, the young people’s teacher started calling people, to get an idea of what he should do. He had given it a lot of thought when he was at home, but he could not get anywhere. His knowledge in physics, and indeed on such specialised issues, was deficient. But his wonder and intellectual stimulation had not abated. He knew these kids well and he was sure they were not fantasising or blowing things out of proportion. Even Adonis, who could easily lapse into dreamland, was quite on earth when he returned to reality. Messis loved man and cared about humankind, and was constantly working towards solutions for man’s everyday problems. He believed in man’s abilities for his on-going qualitative improvement and pursued that end in any way possible. Since

