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1979年的一个早晨,我骑着车赶往剑桥大学的实验室——那时正是我在那里攻读化学博士学位的第二年,我发现小商贩们正在集市广场开始摆摊。“该死的每一天。”在我安静地骑过这片广场时我不禁想,“他们每天做得都是一样的事情。”一种阴郁的感觉迅速传遍我的全身。怎么会有人每天早上起来就为了做同样一件事情?科学是我所钟爱的事情之一,但是科研工作中的挫折开始折磨着我,我逐渐意识到,做科研事实上并不适合我。那天,当我到达实验室时,我知道自己需要
One morning in 1979, I rode to the University of Cambridge lab - the very second year where I was pursuing my Ph.D. in Chemistry. I found that small vendors were setting up stalls at Market Square. “Damn every day. ” I can not help thinking as I am riding quietly across the plaza, “They do the same thing every day. ” A dark feeling quickly spread throughout my body. How could anyone get up in the morning to do the same thing? Science is one of my favorite things, but the setbacks in scientific research began to torment me. I came to realize that it was not in fact suitable for me to do research. That day, when I arrived at the lab, I knew I needed it