| In the world of management, employees
are nonexempt or exempt, depending on whether they get paid for overtime or
not.{{U}} (21) {{/U}}a creative scientist, like a creative artist, does
not see his or her time. The very idea of a creative scientist{{U}} (22)
{{/U}}out time sheets is ludicrous. Fascination in science cannot be turned
on or off on{{U}} (23) {{/U}}The creative mind continues to wander{{U}}
(24) {{/U}}the body eats, exercises, or sleeps. Interruptions in or
out of the laboratory, the library, the office or the home study may{{U}}
(25) {{/U}}a promising effort.{{U}} (26) {{/U}}the
well-established practice of moonlighting. Do what you need to do to keep the
wolf{{U}} (27) {{/U}}from the door, the world{{U}} (28)
{{/U}}your thesis adviser, team leader, or laboratory director. Then use the
rest of your time, perhaps at night or on the weekends, to do{{U}} (29)
{{/U}}you really want to do. All of us who had done science know how to{{U}}
(30) {{/U}}effectively. So many scientific books are prefaced by
remarks such as "I thank my spouse, who tolerated my awful antics while this
book was being written." I{{U}} (31) {{/U}}that some of the most
creative results to come out of my laboratory were obtained by graduate students
or postdoctoral assistants in the{{U}} (32) {{/U}}of my instructions or
even{{U}} (33) {{/U}}against them. The creative mind has a vision. And vision,{{U}} (34) {{/U}}Jonathan Smith, is the art of seeing things{{U}} (35) {{/U}}. To try to explain a vision can get one into serious trouble, as Joan of Arc (圣女贞德) found out. It is better to moonlight until things become visible. |