“Most of the scientists I have known well have felt - just as deeply as the non-scientists I have known well - that the individual condition of each is tragic. Each of us is alone: sometimes we escape from solitariness, through love or affection or perhaps creative moments, but those triumphs of life are pools of light we make for ourselves while the edge of the road is black: each of us dies alone.”
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C.P. Snow
C.P. Snow was a British physicist, mathematician, and writer, renowned for his contributions to quantum mechanics and his science fiction novels. His career encompassed chemistry, physics, and literature, and he is celebrated for his ability to connect the scientific and literary worlds. more
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