
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Cajal , Swanson , Swanson (2004-04-01), Advice for a Young Investigator, The MIT Press, Retrieved on 2012-01-30Source Material [books.google.com]
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30 JAN 2012
Heroes VS Scholars
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his stat...Scholars work for humanity, heroes work for themselves.
30 JAN 2012
Take a Break to Find a Solution
If a solution fails to appear ... and yet we feel success is just around the corner, try resting for a while. ... Like the early morning frost, this intellectual refreshment withers the parasitic and nasty vegetation that smothers the good seed. Bursting forth at last is the flower of truth. Folksonomies: investigation working
Folksonomies: investigation working
When dealing with a complicated issue and you feel you are on the verge of a breakthrough, take a break and the solution will come to you.
30 JAN 2012
Discovery is the Greatest Possible Reward in Life
The indescribable pleasure—which pales the rest of life's joys—is abundant compensation for the investigator who endures the painful and persevering analytical work that precedes the appearance of the new truth, like the pain of childbirth. It is true to say that nothing for the scientific scholar is comparable to the things that he has discovered. Indeed, it would be difficult to find an investigator willing to exchange the paternity of a scientific conquest for all the gold on earth. An...Any scientist who would trade it for all the gold in the world is working in the wrong profession.