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It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true
-Freeman Dyson
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It Is Our Task, Both In Science

Freeman Dyson
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true
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