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A status report on neuroscience research, without grade inflation
Author(s) -
Johnston S. Claiborne,
Hauser Stephen L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.21054
Subject(s) - conquest , poliomyelitis , curiosity , set (abstract data type) , work (physics) , psychology , psychoanalysis , medicine , neuroscience , virology , computer science , history , engineering , mechanical engineering , ancient history , programming language
The fact is that most of us (then) doing research on poliomyelitis were motivated mainly by curiosity, and for the challenges of the many unsolved problems concerning the interaction of virus and host, rather than by the hope of a practical solution in our lifetime. —David Bodian discussing the reaction of the academic community after an outline for conquest of polio set forth by Thomas Rivers in 1938 had failed to inspire scientists to work collaboratively on a practical, pragmatic approach to a pressing health problem. From Oshinsky, DM. Polio: an American story. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005