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“Someone with a fresh mind, one not conditioned by upbringing and environment, would doubtless look at science and the powerful reductionism that it inspires as overwhelmingly the better mode of understanding the world, and would doubtless scorn religion as sentimental wishful thinking. Would not that same uncluttered mind also see the attempts to reconcile science and religion by disparaging the reduction of the complex to the simple as attempts guided by muddle-headed sentiment and intellectually dishonest emotion?”

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Peter Atkins
Peter Atkins

Peter Atkins is a renowned chemist, born on August 10, 1940. He has conducted extensive research in the field of chemistry, particularly in physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry. Atkins is known for his profound understanding of chemical bonding and reaction dynamics. more

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