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Christian de Duve Quotes

1917–2013 Belgium

Christian de Duve (born 2 October 1917 – 4 May 2013) is a Belgian cytologist and biochemist. In 1960, De Duve was awarded the Francqui Prize for Biological and Medical Sciences.

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Also known as: Christian De Duve

Random Christian de Duve quote

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It is as though a puzzle could be put together simply by shaking its pieces.

If you equate the probability of the birth of a bacterial cell to that of the chance assembly of its component atoms, even eternity will not suffice to produce one for you.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christian de Duve (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.