Four countries for science

Jeremy C Smith

doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129518

Four countries for science

Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj. 2020 Apr;1864(4):129518. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129518. Epub 2020 Jan 3.

Author

Jeremy C Smith¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Molecular Biophysics, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6309, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, 309 Ken and Blaire Mossman Building, 14311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1939, USA. Electronic address: smithjc@ornl.gov.

PMID: 31911240
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129518

Abstract

A personal retrospect is given on four decades in science in four countries - the UK, France, Germany and the USA. Some historical observations are made together with a time transect through scientific systems and institutions in the four countries.

Keywords: France; Germany; UK; USA.

Publication types

Autobiography
Historical Article

MeSH terms

England
France
Germany
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Neoplasms
Research / history*
United States