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“The great problem of today is, how to subject all physical phenomena to dynamical laws. With all the experimental devices, and all the mathematical appliances of this generation, the human mind has been baffled in its attempts to construct a universal science of physics.”

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Joseph Lovering
Joseph Lovering

Joseph Lovering, born in 1813 in the United Kingdom, was an outstanding scientist. He made significant contributions to the fields of organic chemistry and industrial chemistry, whose research results had a profound impact on the development of chemical industry. more

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