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François Jacob - The Statue Within: An Autobiography (1988)

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What Man seeks, to the point of anguish, in his gods, in his art, in his science, is meaning. He cannot bear the void. He pours meaning on events like salt on his food.

François Jacob

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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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Born: June 17, 1920
Died: April 19, 2013 (aged 92)
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