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Goodhue's 1924 "Temple of Science" on Constitution Avenue blends classical grandeur with angular modernism—a building that looks like it's thinking. Visit if you want to understand how America institutionalized scientific authority, or just to stand in a space designed to make you feel smaller than your questions.
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