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In biology, nothing is clear, everything is too complicated, everything is a mess, and just when you think you understand something, you peel off a layer and find deeper complications beneath. Nature is anything but simple.

Richard Preston

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Richard Preston
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 5
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
Science Journalist
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Richard McCann Preston
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