Word: brito
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These questions consume five years of Brito's work (1975-1980) and yet still remain unanswered. Although Brito has publiched papers, given lectures and established a clear picture of her answer, it remains an incomplete picture, subject to criticism and still unproved. This is the stuff of basic research--it is not a simple reading of facts: it is a series of ever interpretations linked to one's findings...
...MANY WAYS, Goodfield's views are colored by those of her subject. Dr. Brito. Thus it is critical to ask if Brito and her lab are typical of today's biology. The answer is probably negative. One has only to note that few scientists would let an observer hang around for five years. even one as thoughtful and optimistic as Ms. Goodfield...
...Brito is exceptional in other ways that make her both an interesting subject of a book and a misleading example of the modern researcher. Unlike most, she is an intellectual pariah. "Her position on Hodgkin's disease was, for the five years of this book. a minority one. She simply worked on a hunch. albeit one in accord with many observations. but still just a vision. But while she has been proved correct in some ways, most scientists do not put themselves out on a limb as Dr. Brito did. Brito bravely defends her attitude. "To be frightened of making...
...this latter category is Peter Mitchell. 1979 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry who. when deprived of research money, funded his own lab in order to pursue the work which lead to his prize. But not every scientist is independently wealthy like Mitchell and not many have the guts of Brito...
...Brito is also unusual in her ability t resist the temptation to rush publication. to anticipate date before hard facts are available. She is correct that ideas are "better. safer, surer" when looked at critically at length, but in a world of publicity seeking scientists who use press conferences to announce results and where speed in publishing is essential for grants and recognition, she is an anomaly...