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An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and illusions of certainty and probability, history and stupidity.
William C. Brown
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William C. Brown
Age: 82 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 22
Died: 1999
Died: February 3
Electrical Engineer
Engineer
William Brown
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