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“It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do so when the problem is largely hypothetical and not substantiated by observations....we do not currently have any convincing evidence or observations of significant climate change from other than natural causes.”

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Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz, born on July 4, 1911 and died on March 2, 2008, was a renowned American physicist. He served as the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and made significant contributions to the fields of quantum mechanics and solid-state physics. more

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