Some of the shrewdest insight into natural processes have been greeted…

Lewis Thomas
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Some of the shrewdest insight into natural processes have been greeted at the outset by the exclamation 'But that's ridiculous'.
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Some of the shrewdest insight into natural processes have been greeted at the outset by the exclamation 'But that's ridiculous'.

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