On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 5:36 PM David Szent-Györgyi <[email protected]> wrote:
The National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health has a > section of its Web site devoted to him > <https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/wg>. > ... > he wrote an essay... "Lost in the Twentieth Century" > <https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/wg/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584924X128-doc> > "We are living in the transition from prescientific to the scientific thinking, hence the 'tumult'. I couldn't agree more. The "demon haunted world" does not go quietly. "I also became interested in vegetable respiration, being convinced that there is no basic difference between man and the grass he mows". He has a way with words :-) The rest of the paper is poignant. It's hard to believe that the 20th century existed as it did. The history of those times is more scary than any horror movie. > he wrote another essay, "Looking Back" > <https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/wg/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101584924X156-doc> > A lovely essay. The description of what it takes to write well may inspire anyone to work more and worry less about so-called "talent". Many thanks for sharing these links. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAMF8tS1uMvBcK4NkGqZx64VfjozBeKQeA47PQNA%3DGjH_ascPCg%40mail.gmail.com.
