As a counterexample, Hans Geiger was a workaholic. Rutherford said he "works like a slave… [He] is a demon at the work and could count at intervals for a whole

As a counterexample, Hans Geiger was a workaholic. Rutherford said he "works like a slave… [He] is a demon at the work and could count at intervals for a whole night without disturbing his equanimity" [1] He eventually discovered the atomic nucleus, so I guess it paid off. [1] http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/physics-biographies/johannes-wilhelm-geiger http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/ph...