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Freeman Dyson

It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology.

Freeman Dyson

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People commonly believe that physics was the main focus and source of major discoveries in the 1900s, while biology will take that role in the 2000s. This reflects a shift in scientific priorities and the types of problems society expects to solve in each century.

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