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George Cowan, at the time a Senior Fellow at Los Alamos Laboratory, used to get together with other Senior Fellows for lunch every now and then. During these lunches, the idea of starting an institution where scientist could pursue problem-driven science (versus the usual imperatives of paradigm- or funding-driven science) directed at the “hard” problems was hatched.
