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Category Archives: Science Culture
The Desolation of Success
Does this phrase strike a chord with you? Apparently, it first appeared in Peter Matthiessen’s book, The Snow Leopard, but I came across it quoted in Lindy Elkins-Tanton’s moving memoir Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman. As she … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Science Culture
Tagged failure, Lindy Elkinst-Tanton, Nature
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Persistence, Obstinacy and Red Lines
Persistence: such a positive word, nicely aligned with others such as resilience and self-confidence. All positives. But what do you think when you hear the word obstinacy? It conveys an edgy, tiresome quality. Perhaps someone who stops others doing what … Continue reading
Posted in Science Culture
Tagged leadership, persuasion
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Taking the Chair (for the first time)
Sometimes things bring you up short in ways you weren’t expecting, and that happened this past week as I was trying to prepare for a talk. I’ve been asked to discuss my ‘leadership journey’ with a group of mid-career academics … Continue reading
Posted in Careers, Science Culture
Tagged committees, inclusive, mid-career, time-keeping
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Unintended Consequences
We appear to be living in a world currently beset by unintended consequences, or at least a world in which the main proponent does not seem to have thought about the consequences the rest of us now have to live … Continue reading
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Tagged empathy, Ijeoma Uchegbu, Rita Colwell
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The Doing of Science
In my retirement I have more time to read than ever used to be the case, and I enjoy reading books about science, scientists and the way they have, both in the past and currently, approached their science and their … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Research, Science Culture
Tagged Books, Donna Strickland, The Visible College, thrills, Venki
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