Science is in a parlous state – passing fashions, a star system and the new cult of management have combined to strangle originality. The ethics of V. B. Wigglesworth offer a cure.
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Lawrence, P., Locke, M. A man for our season. Nature 386, 757–758 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386757a0
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