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“I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective opinions, however weighty, won't persuade mother nature to alter her ways. Nature is never wrong.”

Quote by Janna Levin

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Janna Levin is an American college professor specializing in astrophysics and cosmology. Born in 1967, she is renowned for her contributions to the study of black holes and the origins of the universe. more

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