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Science is the art of understanding nature.

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Though the solution of a problem may flash into the mind of the person without his knowing how it arose, nevertheless he has always done a good bit of thinking, puzzling, wondering about it before the flash occurs.

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George Boas

Born: August 28, 1891
Died: March 17, 1980 (aged 88)
Bio: George Boas was a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He received his education at Brown University, obtaining both a BA and MA in Philosophy there, after which he studied shortly at Columbia, and finally at UC Berkeley, where he earned his PhD in 1917.
Known for:
  1. The cult of childhood (1966)
  2. A primer for critics (1937)
  3. The heaven of invention (1962)
  4. Wingless Pegasus (1950)

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