Quote of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: Where the frontier of science once...
Biography - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:
German physicist, satirist and Anglophile.
Born: 1742 - Died: 1799
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1742 - Died: 1799
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.
Translation
(German)
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Quotes for: limit
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