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“Somehow, the agenda has been put into the form of talking about a set of transitions from state A, the present, to a state B that's sustainable. The problem is that there is no such state. You have to assume that the transitions are going to continue forever and ever and ever. You have to talk about systems that are continuously dynamic, and that are embedded in environments that themselves are continuously dynamic.”

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George Cowan

George Cowan was a prominent chemist born on February 15, 1920, in Scotland, and passed away on April 20, 2012. He made significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry, particularly in the synthesis of natural products and drug chemistry. more

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