So much of science proceeds by telling stories. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (1…

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So much of science proceeds by telling stories. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (1991). Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History, W W Norton & Company Incorporated
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