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Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. – James Lovelock

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One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You dont know it. – James Lovelock

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I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldnt surprise me at all. – James Lovelock

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If it hadnt been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space. – James Lovelock

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