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Becoming a Scientist
A. James Hudspeth

"The features that help make a good or a great scientist really are not some of the ones that our society most often points to," says A. James Hudspeth, who studies the biology of hearing. What scientists also need are "ideas that run counter to some preconceived notions" and plain perseverance — "a lot of time and a lot of patience." Put those traits together in the right way, Hudspeth says, and the results can be "remarkably rewarding."

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