books, innovation

In Chapter 13, “The Final Assault,” author Venki Ramakrishnan relays the moment when he and collaborators finally solved the structure of a ribosomal subunit.

Scientific progress is only achieved when humans' innate sense of understanding is validated by objective reality.

In Chapter 1, “Yin and Yang,” author Roberta B. Ness explores the dynamic tension between innovation and risk aversion in science past and present.

Is the fear of funding and doing fundamental, risky research killing our ability to make breakthroughs?

Your Atomic Self, Eureka!, A Talent for Friendship, and Undeniable

The ancient Greek philosopher was the first scientist.

Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

Are Dolphins Really Smart?, Newton's Football, Outsider Scientists, and We Are Our Brains

Inspiration and controversy attended the birth of magnetic resonance imaging, a diagnostic technology that changed the course of human medicine.

In Chapter 6, “The first fruitful weeks,” author M. Joan Dawson describes her late husband’s first steps in the invention of a revolutionary imaging technology.

The Aha! Moment, Imagine, Ignorance, and The Age of Insight