To All,
Having had an inquiry in response to the recent posting, wondering why I
became a popular/technical science writer, and if my science writing was
a retreat from the scientific battlefield, I thought I would briefly
explain.
My journey away from the lab bench was not prompted by funding cuts,
academic difficulties or the like. Rather, it was because I decided that
the communication of science was the area where I felt most comfortable
and was most inclined. The doing of the science was not a comfortable
zone for me. But it took a long time to shake off the blinders that,
because I was trained as an academic researcher, that was what I must
do.
We all contribute to science, if we choose, in different ways. My
present path is one of many. So far it works for me.
I hope the explanation is useful to the person who wrote me.
Cheers, Brian
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