The Wholeness of Life Science

I have been interested in life science for over six decades. This has benefited my life and career. As a child, I was fascinated by dinosaurs, extinct mammals, astronomy, chemistry and math. My older brother, cousin and parents taught me. hey encouraged me to study, read and learn. I tried to be as smart as my brother and cousin, but never succeeded. In the process, I became one of the smartest kids my age. I learned that it was better to be a valued member of a great team than to be the best person on a mediocre team. I had superb teachers in elementary and high school and became quite interested in biochemistry. In the 1960s, it was thought that math, physics and chemistry were hard sciences because they were exact with concepts that were obviously true. It was thought that math was the basics of all of physics, which was the basis of all of chemistry.