Posted by This excellent New York Times article describes Eric Lander’s journey in science to his position today as not only one of the great genome researchers but a terrific teacher and human being.
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I like her because she’s famous
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I like her because she’s famous
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Yes kiddies, we want you to study more math, and then help us out here with biology. You don’t have to be Lander. It’s OK to be a biologist who actually studied enough, rather than one who became a biologist to flee analytic thinking.
Lander says they knew no scientists as he grew up. But I am the same age as Lander, and would say that even as 9 year olds, wanting to be scientists was more common then than now. Scientists were respected, often famous. It was going to be exciting days. I fear that now, the fact that hard thinking might be required, makes it less attractive.
January 9, 2012
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