Kinds of minds
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The impact of differences in history, culture and education on whether scientists focus on particulars or make broader connections is discussed. The Romantic Movement took hold of big-picture thinking, whereas the rise of specialized scientific institutions produced experts, focused on trees rather than woods, and put scientific imagination under strict control.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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When two worlds collide
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Married scientists have provided some guidelines for handling both long-distance and up-close relationships while dealing career and family. The newly married couples will have to try to figure out the issues that are very important for them in order to make their marriage work.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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A wake-up call
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Bruce Alberts shares his experience when the thesis committee at the Harvard University, Cambridge, refuses to grant him a PhD degree. However, after getting the degree, he went on to the development of a new method of isolating proteins required for DNA replication.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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