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The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact (Collected Essays) - Thomas Huxley

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English biologist

Author Keywords: Biologist, English

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Peter Agre, J B S Haldane, Richard Dawkins, Jean Rostand, Sir Julian Huxley

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