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“The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is.”

Quote by Polykarp Kusch

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Polykarp Kusch was a renowned physicist known for his contributions to precise measurements and fundamental particle physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1948 for his precise measurement of the magnetic moment of the electron. more

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