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Science is not something that exists apart from human beings. It's one of the things we do as human beings, and we always have done science and technology in some form.

Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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