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Popular scientific lectures ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠙⠑⠎⠉⠗⠊⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠕⠋⠀⠊⠞⠀⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠺⠕⠥⠇⠙⠀⠇⠑⠁⠙⠀⠥⠎⠀⠞⠕⠕
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⠁⠃⠕⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗⠆⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠊⠙⠑⠁⠀⠺⠓⠊⠉⠓⠀
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