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Morning Science Quote
By Michael White | July 9th 2009 06:04 AM | 5 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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About Michael White

Welcome to Adaptive Complexity, where I write about genomics, systems biology, evolution, and the connection between science and literature, government, and society.

I'm a biochemist


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My interest in science was always essentially limited to the study of principles, which best explains my conduct in its entirety. That I have published so little is attributable to the same circumstance, for the burning desire to grasp principles has caused me to spend most of my time on fruitless endeavors.

- Albert Einstein, quoted in Peter Galison, Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps, p. 241





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Becky Jungbauer's picture
As soon as I saw the first few words I knew it was a quote by Einstein; I'm reading Isaacson's biography of Einstein and his love of thought experiment (versus physical experiment) seeps from the pages. Once I'm done reading it I'll do a book report for the site. :) Lovely photo - looks like a Zen garden.

Becky Jungbauer | 07/09/09 | 08:40 AM
adaptivecomplexity's picture
If you like Isaacson's bio, you should also try Jurgen Neffe's Einstein bio - very different, but it's enjoyable to read the two back-to-back. Neffe gets at some interesting, darker angles of Einstein that Isaacson misses.
The pic is from the Japanese garden at the St. Louis Botanical Garden - one of my favorite spots in town.


Michael White | 07/09/09 | 13:29 PM
Becky Jungbauer's picture
That's by Forest Park and Wash U, right? I recall it vaguely when I toured Wash U (was thinking about going there for undergrad).

Becky Jungbauer | 07/09/09 | 13:48 PM
The Botanical Garden is in south St. Louis, near Kingshighway and I-44. You're probably thinking of the Jewel Box in Forest Park, which is just to the east of Wash U. (where I went to grad school).

George Merkle (not verified) | 07/09/09 | 14:54 PM
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Right - it's closer to the Wash U. med school (where I work) than it is to the main campus.  It's a great spot.

Michael White | 07/09/09 | 17:04 PM

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