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I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

Fritz Zwicky

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Fritz Zwicky
Age: 75 †
Born: 1898
Born: February 14
Died: 1974
Died: February 8
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Physicist
University Teacher
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Time
Exercise
Consists
Unless
Convinced
Brain
Population
Universe
Waste
Firsts
Became
First
Soon
Really
Empty
Theorizing
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Therefore
Ascertained

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