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Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Martin Fleischmann

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Martin Fleischmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 29
Died: 2012
Died: August 3
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