21 November 2006

Cool biologists

I like this post "Juicy back stories on famous biologists"  at a blog that's new to me but which I think is called Neatorama.

"In most textbooks it seems like scientists just waltz into their labs, fiddle around for a bit, then wait for the Nobel Committee to call. Sadly, the road to discovery is rarely that simple, and speed bumps pop up constantly. Call it historical context or call it dirt; there’s always more to the story."

Featured biologists are Mendel ("Give peas a chance", groan), Darwin, Rosalind Franklin, Albert Hofmann and Leonard Hayflick (father of "biogerontology", the study of how cells age).

21 Nov 2006 21:46:01 | Science

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Clare

Thanks Maxine, interesting site full of exotic little snippets.

Posted by: Clare | 22 November 2006 at 08:19

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