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James D. Watson
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James D. Watson
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 6
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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.
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