Comments on: Book Log: Intuition http://futilecycle.com/2008/03/03/book-log-intuition A Wandering Through Life and Science Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:53:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Eric http://futilecycle.com/2008/03/03/book-log-intuition#comment-4700 Eric Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:35:17 +0000 http://futilecycle.com/2008/03/03/book-log-intuition#comment-4700 I always get the Broad and the Whitehead confused, but yes, I did realize that they're both closer to MIT than Harvard. I didn't realize that the Whitehead didn't have an affiliation with Harvard, however...maybe I thought that because Eric Lander has an appointment at Harvard Medical School. I guess I was a little unclear about the "if it sounds familiar". What I meant was the idea of a large non-academic, non-profit biomedical research institute near a large university. It's not a setting that I thought would occur to most non-technical writers, as most post-docs in the US are working in universities. I always get the Broad and the Whitehead confused, but yes, I did realize that they’re both closer to MIT than Harvard. I didn’t realize that the Whitehead didn’t have an affiliation with Harvard, however…maybe I thought that because Eric Lander has an appointment at Harvard Medical School.

I guess I was a little unclear about the “if it sounds familiar”. What I meant was the idea of a large non-academic, non-profit biomedical research institute near a large university. It’s not a setting that I thought would occur to most non-technical writers, as most post-docs in the US are working in universities.

]]> By: CC http://futilecycle.com/2008/03/03/book-log-intuition#comment-4698 CC Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://futilecycle.com/2008/03/03/book-log-intuition#comment-4698 <I>If this sounds familiar, that’s because the author did some research for the book at the Whitehead Institute, a huge biomedical research institute geographically in between MIT and Harvard.</i> FYI, Whitehead is a small biomedical research institute affiliated with MIT and on the edge of the MIT campus. It's not near Harvard and has no connection to it. The Broad Institute, with which you may be confusing it, was spun out of Whitehead, is about the same size, is affiliated with Whitehead, MIT and Harvard, and is next door to Whitehead. The book's institute isn't quite Whitehead-like, as it's in the Harvard area and comes across as considerably older and more lived-in. At any rate, I agree that the book is terrific, and terrifically perceptive. If this sounds familiar, that’s because the author did some research for the book at the Whitehead Institute, a huge biomedical research institute geographically in between MIT and Harvard.

FYI, Whitehead is a small biomedical research institute affiliated with MIT and on the edge of the MIT campus. It’s not near Harvard and has no connection to it. The Broad Institute, with which you may be confusing it, was spun out of Whitehead, is about the same size, is affiliated with Whitehead, MIT and Harvard, and is next door to Whitehead.

The book’s institute isn’t quite Whitehead-like, as it’s in the Harvard area and comes across as considerably older and more lived-in.

At any rate, I agree that the book is terrific, and terrifically perceptive.

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