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Excerpt: "At the risk of oversimplifying, I noticed that because of the traditional scarcity of equipment, Russian students and scientists had to think rath
by peter_d_sherman 7y ago
Excerpt:
"At the risk of oversimplifying, I noticed that because of the traditional scarcity of equipment,
Russian students and scientists had to
think
rather than experiment, whether with computers or accelerators; it was often all that was available to them."
- sndean 7y ago> traditional scarcity of equipment This sort of thing likely led to what one of my Russian professors was pretty proud of: That Soviet microbiologists with some bacteria, a pH meter, and some basic chemicals like sodium citrate could bang out publications, with some well-designed and elegant experiments. We Americans, on the other hand, would spend thousands of dollars on fancy machines, reagents, etc. and were less productive.
- TheTrotters 7y ago“Guided by the beauty of our weapons”, I guess.
- ausbah 7y agoconstraints breed creativity!