Edward O. Wilson: Reflections on a Life in Science
E. O. Wilson Harvard University
The scientist is more of a storyteller and a mythmaker than I think most scientists realize or at least care to admit. I've always been taken by the formula suggested by the filmmaker Howard Hawks, who said, 'If you're a storyteller, find a good story, and tell it'. The scientist is more of a storyteller looking for a story to tell - not of fiction - but certainly a product of the imagination, passed through the crucible of testing in the real world.'
