“A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.”
Quote by Jean Rostand
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Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand was a French biologist renowned for his research in cytogenetics. His work had a profound impact on understanding the transmission of genetic information and the mechanisms of cell division. more
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