The Scientists
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Lessons, advice, and insights from the biographies and autobiographies of great scientists and engineers. Learn how they did great work and apply their methods to your projects.
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Edward O. Wilson, on control as one of a scientist's core motivations:
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Edward O. Wilson, on control as one of a scientist's core motivations:
3. Love the process:
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
3. Love the process:
2. Expect failure (and prepare for it):
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
2. Expect failure (and prepare for it):
1. Maintain flexibility:
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
1. Maintain flexibility:
Harvard biologist, E. O. Wilson, on commitment as prerequisite to scientific discovery:
July 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Harvard biologist, E. O. Wilson, on commitment as prerequisite to scientific discovery:
“... there can be little doubt that the most significant event of the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell’s discovery of the laws of electrodynamics.” - Richard Feynman
Here are my top highlights on James Clerk Maxwell from "The Man Who Changed Everything" by Basil Mahon.
#science #physics
Here are my top highlights on James Clerk Maxwell from "The Man Who Changed Everything" by Basil Mahon.
#science #physics
July 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#science #advice #mariecurie
Nurture your curiosity. Great scientific work is impossible without it.
Nurture your curiosity. Great scientific work is impossible without it.
June 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#science #advice #mariecurie
Nurture your curiosity. Great scientific work is impossible without it.
Nurture your curiosity. Great scientific work is impossible without it.
#science #advice #biochemistry
In choosing what to work on, avoid areas where you're at a disadvantage.
Instead, look for work that feels easy for you but hard for others.
Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger avoided physics, which led him to biochemistry--where he excelled.
In choosing what to work on, avoid areas where you're at a disadvantage.
Instead, look for work that feels easy for you but hard for others.
Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger avoided physics, which led him to biochemistry--where he excelled.
June 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#science #advice #biochemistry
In choosing what to work on, avoid areas where you're at a disadvantage.
Instead, look for work that feels easy for you but hard for others.
Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger avoided physics, which led him to biochemistry--where he excelled.
In choosing what to work on, avoid areas where you're at a disadvantage.
Instead, look for work that feels easy for you but hard for others.
Double Nobel winner Fred Sanger avoided physics, which led him to biochemistry--where he excelled.
#science #advice
To get started, copy.
If you're not sure where to start, feeling stuck, or discouraged, then try copying work you admire.
Successes and results encourage you--both emotionally and intellectually.
Advice from Nobel winner P. B. Medawar, on results as a source of self-confidence:
To get started, copy.
If you're not sure where to start, feeling stuck, or discouraged, then try copying work you admire.
Successes and results encourage you--both emotionally and intellectually.
Advice from Nobel winner P. B. Medawar, on results as a source of self-confidence:
June 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
By courage, obstinacy, and invention, Lee de Forest--the "Father of Radio"--pioneered the electronics age with the "audion" (vacuum tube amplifier).
Here are my top highlights from "Lee de Forest: Advancing the Electronic Age" by D. Wollheim.
#science #invention #leedeforest
Here are my top highlights from "Lee de Forest: Advancing the Electronic Age" by D. Wollheim.
#science #invention #leedeforest
June 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
By courage, obstinacy, and invention, Lee de Forest--the "Father of Radio"--pioneered the electronics age with the "audion" (vacuum tube amplifier).
Here are my top highlights from "Lee de Forest: Advancing the Electronic Age" by D. Wollheim.
#science #invention #leedeforest
Here are my top highlights from "Lee de Forest: Advancing the Electronic Age" by D. Wollheim.
#science #invention #leedeforest
#science #innovation #invention #advice
What determines when a discovery or invention might be made?
Knowledge and necessity.
With an exponential growth in knowledge, what we can do is recognize what needs to be done, and then do it.
What determines when a discovery or invention might be made?
Knowledge and necessity.
With an exponential growth in knowledge, what we can do is recognize what needs to be done, and then do it.
June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#science #innovation #invention #advice
What determines when a discovery or invention might be made?
Knowledge and necessity.
With an exponential growth in knowledge, what we can do is recognize what needs to be done, and then do it.
What determines when a discovery or invention might be made?
Knowledge and necessity.
With an exponential growth in knowledge, what we can do is recognize what needs to be done, and then do it.
And the number of discoveries to be made is growing exponentially.
Harvard sociobiologist and naturalist, E. O. Wilson, on the growing frontier of science:
Harvard sociobiologist and naturalist, E. O. Wilson, on the growing frontier of science:
June 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And the number of discoveries to be made is growing exponentially.
Harvard sociobiologist and naturalist, E. O. Wilson, on the growing frontier of science:
Harvard sociobiologist and naturalist, E. O. Wilson, on the growing frontier of science:
May 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#science #advice #charlesdarwin
Charles Darwin, on practicing your craft and noticing the emergent order of the whole by studying its various parts:
Charles Darwin, on practicing your craft and noticing the emergent order of the whole by studying its various parts:
May 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#science #advice #charlesdarwin
Charles Darwin, on practicing your craft and noticing the emergent order of the whole by studying its various parts:
Charles Darwin, on practicing your craft and noticing the emergent order of the whole by studying its various parts:
