The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts: “ A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
Wow! Ellis Nadler!! Could it be the same amazing Ellis Nadler ?!...I was a huge fan when I was studying in the UK! I used to cut out all your cartoons and illustrations from Time Out and other mags and pasted my favorites in a scrapbook! I am so pleased I found you and your great work again!
The intersting thing about this is that the tiny as spectacular as the largest elephants are, the ones on the bottom of the pile are the strongest, as they are the supporting all the others above them.
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Wonderful.
These are superb! Ellis, what kind of pen and ink do you use? Merry Christmas.
Trumpety-trump, trump, trump, trump!
Merry Xmas and a highly creative New Year Nad!
Lots of trunks recently, Nad.
THink I'll let the Welsh-rappers break the news to you:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wAZTLVJSlNw
Splendid stuff yet again.
Merry thingy Ellis!
great the first one!
happy f... christmas!
Happy Christmas, Ellis. Very glad to have found your site this year through the inestimable Torta.
May your wassail be warm and yer roasties ne'er chilly.
One of your best. I prefer the first one...but that's me and colour.
Great lines, great presence...You have such a knack for the evocative.
when you say "all work for sale" - where????
Is this one of my dreams ?
nice one :D
very dr seuss
ok. i totally love these.
These are so fantastic! I want one of my very own!
Ooh! Genius!
Excellent!
hierlarious!
whimsical :)
great, i love your style and the way you tell stories!
Really cool!
super fantastic and I love the colors
love love love your work!
Amazing work. Really love your style.
Awesome. I love this stuff.
This is really cute!! Great job!!
The most widely known version appears in Stephen Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time, which starts:
“ A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
Each one of those little elephants are carrying 1/4 of medium ones+ 1/16 of the giant one ... Poor creatures! Your works in color are fantastic.
Wow! Ellis Nadler!!
Could it be the same amazing Ellis Nadler ?!...I was a huge fan when I was studying in the UK! I used to cut out all your cartoons and illustrations from Time Out and other mags and pasted my favorites in a scrapbook! I am so pleased I found you and your great work again!
The intersting thing about this is that the tiny as spectacular as the largest elephants are, the ones on the bottom of the pile are the strongest, as they are the supporting all the others above them.
Nice work, great stuff.
Adam Foster-Fahy
www.AdamFF.com
It is so great-your watercolor and pen & ink is super!
I also like the idea! I am looking forward to seeing more awesome work!
wow that's so cool!
Very cool illo...love the repetition!
beautiful work! your color and line work are superb!
Wow! Stunning!
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