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Also Known As Sir Karl Raimund Popper
Born July 28, 1902 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 17, 1994 (aged 92) • Croydon • England
Notable Works “The Logic of Scientific Discovery”
Subjects Of Study scientific method • criterion of falsifiability • induction

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