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Maria Mitchell Quotes: The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
         

The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.


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The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
         



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