Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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Marie Curie, the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences, is describing the method that governed her own work. Fear and understanding are presented as inversely related quantities: as one grows, the other recedes.

The second sentence is what gives the thought its force. It sets a continuing obligation rather than offering reassurance — understand more, so that we may fear less. Curie's own life proved the limits of this: the radiation she studied without knowing its dangers eventually killed her, a reminder that understanding is never finished.