| Titre : |
Annual revirw of microbiology (volume 54) |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Ornston, L. Nicholas, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Annual reviews |
| Année de publication : |
2000 |
| Importance : |
XI-1000 p. |
| Format : |
23 cm. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
0824311541 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
579 Micro-organismes, champignons, algues : classer ici les thallophytes |
| Résumé : |
As the academic year begins each September, many of us find ourselves gazing into a sea of unlined faces and obliged to report that "This is Truth." Well, whatever "this" is, it is a perception of truth, and perceptions change. This should be a source of fun rather than horror, so Iremind students of science's counterpoised objectives. On one hand, science can be the gratifying art of prediction. On the other hand, more importantly in the long term, science is a mechanism for organizing curiosity. One objective should not be sacrificed to the other. The failure of prediction is fuel for curiosity, yet curiosity must recognize that some basic laws of nature are unlikely to be challenged successfully.
As the physicist Erwin Schrodinger recognized long ago, some of the most remarkable challenges are likely to come from microorganisms. How right he was! An annual celebration of the diverse strategies of these astonishing creatures is the meeting of the editorial board of the Annual Review of Microbiology. For preparation of this volume, our deliberations were enriched by contributions from Steven Winans. As always, the authors made the volume which was brought to fruition by the efforts of our production editor, Cleo X. Ray. |
Annual revirw of microbiology (volume 54) [texte imprimé] / Ornston, L. Nicholas, Auteur . - Annual reviews, 2000 . - XI-1000 p. ; 23 cm. ISSN : 0824311541 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
579 Micro-organismes, champignons, algues : classer ici les thallophytes |
| Résumé : |
As the academic year begins each September, many of us find ourselves gazing into a sea of unlined faces and obliged to report that "This is Truth." Well, whatever "this" is, it is a perception of truth, and perceptions change. This should be a source of fun rather than horror, so Iremind students of science's counterpoised objectives. On one hand, science can be the gratifying art of prediction. On the other hand, more importantly in the long term, science is a mechanism for organizing curiosity. One objective should not be sacrificed to the other. The failure of prediction is fuel for curiosity, yet curiosity must recognize that some basic laws of nature are unlikely to be challenged successfully.
As the physicist Erwin Schrodinger recognized long ago, some of the most remarkable challenges are likely to come from microorganisms. How right he was! An annual celebration of the diverse strategies of these astonishing creatures is the meeting of the editorial board of the Annual Review of Microbiology. For preparation of this volume, our deliberations were enriched by contributions from Steven Winans. As always, the authors made the volume which was brought to fruition by the efforts of our production editor, Cleo X. Ray. |
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