How I became a biochemist
โ Scribed by Gerald M. Carlson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1521-6543
- DOI
- 10.1002/iub.267
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Recollections of this type tend to be replete with defining moments, profundities, epiphanies, and axioms, usually in Latin. My story, I am afraid, is more a cumulation of small, prosaic, incremental steps leading to the present. I was instructed to focus on my formative stages, which was not particularly helpful, in that they seem to be eternally ongoing. So instead, I will focus on the years between my third grade, when my family moved from a small dairy farm north of Spokane, Washington into that city, and my first academic job as an assistant professor.
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