Carolina QuotesScience has been the absolute bedrock of technological and economic progress in the United States.
Lewis M. Branscomb Carolinian
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Branscomb (2012) in: "Scientist Lewis M. Branscomb Gives $1 Million Gift to Found New Center for Science and Democracy at UCS" at ucsusa.org/news, April 30, 2012
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