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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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The history of science is rich in the example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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Science and the common understanding (1954). New York: Simon and Schuster. Based on 1953 Reith lectures.

 
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