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Premium Content An Unforgettable Summer

by Amit Momaya - August 24, 2002

Write about a memorable/significant experience.

What came first, science or technology?" asked a tall and husky figure, who was dressed in an unbuttoned and rather threadbare lab coat. My initial response was science because I reasoned that technology was the application of science. An articulated voice from the back of the room, however, soon refuted this idea and devised a cogent argument in…

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