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Give chance a chance.
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PMID:  22039061     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
How did I get to become a cell biologist? Or, more generally, why do things happen the way they do? The answer provided by the philosopher Democritus and later adopted by Jacques Monod is "everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity." While I read Monod's book Chance and Necessity as an undergraduate student, little did I appreciate the accuracy of this citation and how much of my scientific trajectory would be guided by chance.
Authors:
Maxence V Nachury
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular biology of the cell     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1939-4586     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Biol. Cell     Publication Date:  2011 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9201390     Medline TA:  Mol Biol Cell     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3919-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5345.
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