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You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.

Martin Fleischmann

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Martin Fleischmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 29
Died: 2012
Died: August 3
Chemist
Karlsbad
Scientist
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Conventional

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