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All science is the search for unity in hidden likenesses.

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Jacob Bronowski
Age: 66 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 18
Died: 1974
Died: August 22
Biologist
Historian
Humanist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Poet
Television Presenter
Lodz
Likenesses
Hidden
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Unity
Science

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was man alone leaves traces of what he created.
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