What’s in a scientist?


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In the summer before I started my final year of high school, I read two books that shaped my desire to become a scientist: Brenda Maddox’s ‘Rosalind Franklin’, and ‘Doctor Nam’ by Elisabeth du Closel. Both biographies vividly described the exhilaration of biological research, and the hard work that goes into it. They also highlighted the interpersonal dramas that are inextricable woven into such discoveries. But, most importantly, they demonstrated the undying passion these great scientists had for their cause.