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Popular scientific lectures ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠎⠕⠍⠑⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠇⠊⠅⠑⠀⠁⠝⠀⠁⠊⠗⠤⠛⠥⠝⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠃⠑⠇⠇⠕⠺⠎
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⠎⠥⠙⠙⠑⠝⠇⠽⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠁⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠓⠊⠛⠓⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠀
⠎⠍⠁⠇⠇⠀⠟⠥⠁⠝⠞⠊⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠊⠗⠆⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠇⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗⠀
⠇⠊⠃⠑⠗⠁⠞⠑⠎⠀⠛⠗⠁⠙⠥⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀⠥⠝⠙⠑⠗⠀⠁⠀⠧⠑⠗⠽⠀⠎⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀
⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠀⠇⠁⠗⠛⠑⠀⠟⠥⠁⠝⠞⠊⠞⠽⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠊⠗⠲⠀⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀
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⠑⠇⠑⠉⠞⠗⠕⠎⠞⠁⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀⠥⠝⠊⠞⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠕⠍⠁⠊⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀
⠛⠁⠇⠧⠁⠝⠊⠉⠀⠑⠇⠑⠉⠞⠗⠊⠉⠊⠞⠽⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠍⠑⠁⠎⠥⠗⠊⠝⠛⠂⠀
⠋⠕⠗⠀⠑⠭⠁⠍⠏⠇⠑⠂⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠞⠗⠑⠝⠛⠞⠓⠀⠕⠋⠀⠁⠀⠉⠥⠗⠗⠑⠝⠞⠀
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⠉⠗⠕⠎⠎⠤⠎⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠲⠀⠠⠃⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠃⠑⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠀
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⠉⠕⠝⠧⠑⠝⠊⠑⠝⠞⠇⠽⠀⠕⠋⠋⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠉⠥⠗⠗⠑⠝⠞⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙
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⠑⠭⠁⠉⠞⠝⠑⠎⠎⠲⠀⠠⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠑⠉⠕⠝⠙⠀⠏⠇⠁⠉⠑⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀
⠥⠝⠊⠞⠎⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠃⠑⠀⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠞⠕⠕⠀⠎⠍⠁⠇⠇⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠺⠑⠀
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