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To many petrologists a volatile component is exactly like a Maxwell demon; it does just what one may wish it to do.
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Perhaps it is because we know so much about magmas that we have such a vivid appreciation of what there is yet to learn.
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It may be that there is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
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Born:
June 21, 1887
Died:
September 11, 1956
(aged 69)
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Norman Levi Bowen FRS was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 21, 1887 and died on September 11, 1956. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization".
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