His true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science. (Josiah Willard Gibbs)

His true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science.

Josiah Willard Gibbs

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