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Por que ser cientista? II


“A nova variedade de cientista precisa evoluir. Um especialista que não se limite à ciência pura, mas que esteja cônscio de que, acima de tudo, a ciência precisa de direcção moral. Tornar-se um cientista agora é assumir o desafio moral mais extremo que a humanidade já enfrentou.”

Gabrielle Horne, New Scientist, 8/9 1979

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