David Zipser, as quoted by Victor K. McElheny, Victor McElheny (5 February 2004), Watson And DNA: Making A Scientific Revolution, page: 106, publisher: Basic Books, ISBN: 978-0-7382-0866-4
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Molecular biology had a smal number of facts and a very, very strong paradigm, so you didn't have to know any facts. Unlike botany, which had nothing but facts and no paradigm. And since I have a bad memory for facts and a very good understanding of paradigms, it was ideal for me. I found it very simple.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Molecular biology had a smal number of facts and a very, very strong paradigm, so you didn't have to know any facts. Unlike botany, which had nothing but facts and no paradigm. And since I have a bad memory for facts and a very good understanding of paradigms, it was ideal for me. I found it very simple." in the context of "David Zipser, as quoted by Victor K. McElheny, Victor McElheny (5 February 2004), Watson And DNA: Making A Scientific Revolution, page: 106, publisher: Basic Books, ISBN: 978-0-7382-0866-4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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King David (d. ca. 961 BC) was according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel.
About David
King David (d. ca. 961 BC) was according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel.
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