[Presently, science undergraduates] do not learn to write clearly and briefly, marshalling their points in due and aesthetically satisfying order, and eliminating inessentials. They are inept at those turns of phrase or happy analogy which throw a flying bridge across a chasm of misunderstanding and make contact between mind and mind. William Lawrence Bragg
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Most of us think that scientists are educated in the same way that we are. Most of us think that scientists are educated in the way that we are. We don’t know that many scientists, and fewer still have a doctorate degree. What we do know about scientists is that they work hard and take advantage of all of the opportunities available to them to learn as much as they can about their field.

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