Tips for a Young Scientist

Sir Peter Brian Medawar (1915-1987) – the greatest British biologist of the 20th century, Nobel Prize laureate, one of the founders of modern transplantation.
A scientist, like Caesar in the famous Roman saying, is "just a man." Scientists, like all... other members of humanity, go to work every day and return home, experiencing ordinary human feelings and emotions. Peter Medawar addresses the practical, everyday side of life for people engaged in research activities or just preparing to embark on this path. How to choose the right area of research for oneself? How to avoid excessive "scientific fanaticism" that can negatively affect family life or relationships with loved ones? How, finally, to not succumb to despair when a theory that seemed unshakeable suffers a crushing failure, and research repeatedly fails to yield the desired results?
And these are just a few important questions that Medawar answers in his remarkable, insightful, and full of good humor book.