Successful Science Can Start from Limited Resources
“We could cite dozens of classic examples of modest beginnings…Enthusiasm and perseverance work miracles. It is the exception when an inexperienced investigator succeeds in launching his career with a memorable scientific achievement from a luxurious and well-appointed laboratory maintained by the state. From the point of view of actual success, it is not the instruments that are costly and require the most time, work, and patience…it is the development and maturing of talent. At the very worst, limited means condemn us to limit our inital steps, to narrow the scope of investigation. But after all, isn’t this an advantage?” (p. 94-95)