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Letter: Letters: Science and soul

Published 29 August 1992

From JOHN MARTIN

Peter Atkins says ‘. . . science can illuminate moral and spiritual
questions. . .’ This is not dissimilar to claiming that an understanding
of the working of a gramophone groove illuminates the musical ability of
a Bach or a Beethoven.

John Martin King’s College London

Issue no. 1836 published 29 August 1992

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