tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Many happy returns"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Minireview cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Many happy returns. | Comment Many happy returns Gregory A Petsko Address Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center Brandeis University Waltham MA 02454-9110 USA. Email petsko@ Published 27 February 2009 Genome Biology 2009 10 102 doi gb-2009-l0-2-l02 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http 2009 l0 2 l02 2009 BioMed Central Ltd No one knew it at the time of course but 12 February 1809 was a red-letter day for the human race. On that day thousands of miles apart were born two of the greatest men in history. Their lives were in most respects quite different. The American was born poor and endured many failures the Englishman was the son of a wealthy doctor and never had to work for a living. The Englishman lived out his biblical threescore years and ten the American was murdered before he reached 60. The American was a man of faith and remained so in spite of a family tragedy the Englishman lost his faith because of a similar family tragedy. The Englishman hated politics the American reveled in it. But they had more in common than is sometimes recognized. Both men valued reason over ideology. Both men were not afraid to take unpopular stands when they thought they were right. Both men were widely reviled and still are by some people. Both men were gentle of manner but courageous and tough. Both men changed the world. And both men are famous as much for what they wrote as for what they did their words had the power to transform the way people thought. The American was Abraham Lincoln 16th president of the United States. The Englishman was Charles Darwin co-discoverer along with Alfred Russel Wallace of the principle of evolution by means of natural selection. This being a scientific journal my subject is Darwin although it is worth noting that Lincoln was the founder of the US National Academy of Sciences . Most scientists probably know something of his story destined for the ministry he .