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The Subtle Pleasure of Forgetting

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The Recollections of Eugene P. Wigner
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The late 1960s were trying years for me and for our country. Most young people in the United States seemed deeply restless. Many of them were ingesting powerful hallucinogens. Much of daily conversation was political, and people of all ages seemed highly agitated.

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© 1992 Andrew Szanton

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Szanton, A. (1992). The Subtle Pleasure of Forgetting. In: The Recollections of Eugene P. Wigner. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6313-0_18

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