Friday, October 2, 2009

Why Scientists Must Learn to Write

A few quotes from some scientists:

EO Wilson
“Science, like the rest of culture, is based on the manufacture of narrative…. We all live by narrative.”


Robin Mejia
"When I did those oral history interviews for the Pew Trusts of researchers who had, for the most part, just gotten tenure, they all told me that one of the big surprises about running a lab was that the bulk of the job turned out to be writing. None of them were angling to make it into Best American Science writing, but I think just about every single one emphasized how important solid writing skills were."


Peter Trachtenberg
"Because once upon a time there were no scientists, only curious observers of nature who needed to communicate their observations to others. Hence Epicurus, hence Galileo, hence Darwin, hence Freud, hence Sacks, etc."




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