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"Wars don’t determine who’s right, only who’s left."
Gregory BenfordOurs is not to reason why, ours is to measure and report—the experimen — Gregory Benford
"Ours is not to reason why, ours is to measure and report—the experimenter’s credo."
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford
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Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
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