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Economic Consultant

Michael Polanyi, an economic consultant, was born on March 11, 1891, in Hungary and passed away on February 22, 1976, in the United States. He had a profound impact on the field of economics, particularly in the areas of knowledge management and innovation theory.

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“But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.”

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“The information in DNA could no more be reduced to the chemical than could the ideas in a book be reduced to the ink and paper: something beyond physics and chemistry encoded DNA.”

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“And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.”

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“No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.”

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Book:Scientific thought and social reality: essays

Source: Scientific thought and social reality: essays

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Born: March 11, 1891
Died: February 22, 1976
Known for: Economic Consultant
Quotes: 34

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