The Neurosciences: Paths Of Discovery, I
by F. WORDEN /
1991 / English / PDF
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To commemorate properly the 70th birthday of a man who, by his very
nature, is too busy to pause for any kind of ceremonial event
unless it has a concomitant functional output was a difficult
problem for the Staff and Associates of the Neurosciences Research
Program. Frank (F. O. S. ) has always dreaded the prospect that
sometime it might be appropriate for his colleagues to present him
a Fest schrift. In fact, "Fest me no Schriften" became his battle
cry, expressing his feeling that the idea of testimonials clustered
into a book was anathema. So the "break through" idea for the
planners was to organize a symposium around the theme of discovery
in neuroscience that would be valuable scientifically and, in its
demon stration of interdisciplinary interaction, would support
that emphasis in Frank's career. After much planning a program was
developed, beginning with a birthday party the evening before,
followed by the two-day symposium, and closing with the first F. O.
Schmitt Lecture in Neuroscience. We hope that publication of the
scientific proceedings in this volume will be of interest not only
to the neuroscience community, but also to a broad general
readership interested in discovery, under standing, and the
creative processes in scientific work. An organizing committee,
chaired by Fred Worden, collected advice and guidance leading to
the selection of speakers whose scientific careers have played an
important part in the recent history of modern neuroscience.
To commemorate properly the 70th birthday of a man who, by his very
nature, is too busy to pause for any kind of ceremonial event
unless it has a concomitant functional output was a difficult
problem for the Staff and Associates of the Neurosciences Research
Program. Frank (F. O. S. ) has always dreaded the prospect that
sometime it might be appropriate for his colleagues to present him
a Fest schrift. In fact, "Fest me no Schriften" became his battle
cry, expressing his feeling that the idea of testimonials clustered
into a book was anathema. So the "break through" idea for the
planners was to organize a symposium around the theme of discovery
in neuroscience that would be valuable scientifically and, in its
demon stration of interdisciplinary interaction, would support
that emphasis in Frank's career. After much planning a program was
developed, beginning with a birthday party the evening before,
followed by the two-day symposium, and closing with the first F. O.
Schmitt Lecture in Neuroscience. We hope that publication of the
scientific proceedings in this volume will be of interest not only
to the neuroscience community, but also to a broad general
readership interested in discovery, under standing, and the
creative processes in scientific work. An organizing committee,
chaired by Fred Worden, collected advice and guidance leading to
the selection of speakers whose scientific careers have played an
important part in the recent history of modern neuroscience.
