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Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.

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Freeman Dyson
Age: 96 †
Born: 1923
Born: December 15
Died: 2020
Died: February 28
Mathematician
Nuclear Physicist
Physicist
Professor
Theoretical Physicist
Crowthorne
Berkshire
Freeman John Dyson
Freeman J. Dyson
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Forgiving
Mistakes
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Least
Branch
Aviation
Engineering

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