Famous quote by John Charles Polanyi

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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice th
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"Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things"

- John Charles Polanyi

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Canada Flag This quote is written / told by John Charles Polanyi somewhere between January 23, 1929 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from Canada. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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