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I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.

Derek Barton

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Derek Barton

Derek Barton

Born: September 8, 1918
Died: March 16, 1998 (aged 79)
Bio: Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton PhD was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969.

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