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I am always surprised when a young man tells me he wants to work at cosmology; I think of cosmology as something that happens to one, not something one can choose.
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I thought a lot about our nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two problems of our country – energy and malaise.
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William McCrea
Born:
December 13, 1904
Died:
April 25, 1999
(aged 94)
Bio:
Sir William Hunter McCrea FRS FRSE PRAS was an English astronomer and mathematician.
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