A Sneak Peak Into Scientists' Secret Dreams: Why We Must Dream Big
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 16:50
in Mathematics & Economics
I confess.Sometimes I let myself dream big as a scientist. I am a no-nonsense kind of scientist, but every once in a while I let myself wonder about what could be achieved on a big scale.Some days, I go home and one of my kids asks me "So, dad, did you cure cancer today?"We laugh, but we both know that behind that over the top question rests a reality: I really want to cure cancer. No joke. They know it too.Of course it is not that simple. For one thing, there is no such thing as "cancer" in the singular in the sense that we mean it. Cancer is really an umbrella term of dozens if not hundreds of different diseases.read more