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Sobering thoughts at seventy on trivia and serendipity
Author(s) -
Wheatley Denys
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1042/cbi20100617
Subject(s) - serendipity , reductionism , phenomenon , diversity (politics) , epistemology , sociology , psychology , engineering ethics , cognitive science , philosophy , engineering , anthropology
The Editor‐in‐Chief reflects on a life in biological sciences that has been rewarding through the sheer diversity of interesting phenomenon he has researched, and recalls how holistic thinking had sadly been replaced by rampant reductionism.