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“Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend.”

Quote by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was a renowned physiologist born on September 16, 1893, in Hungary, and passed away on October 22, 1986. He made significant contributions to biochemistry, particularly in the study of vitamins, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. more

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