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# Kenneth W. Ford

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Kenneth William Ford was an American theoretical physicist, teacher, and writer, residing near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the first chair of the physics department at the University of California, Irvine, and later served as president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and

##  Quotes by Kenneth W. Ford

> [One of the elementary rules of nature is that, in the absence of a law prohibiting an event or phenomenon, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-w-ford/one-of-the-elementary-rules-of-nature-is-that-in-the-absence-of-a-law/)

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