How do the great discoverers of science really work? Biographers, psychologists, and philosophers have written much on the phenomenon of scientific creativity. This collection of essays takes you into the minds of some of the world's greatest scientists. You can read in their own words how they worked, thought, and discovered crucial insights. Hermann von Helmholtz, Hideki Yukawa, Ernst Mach, J.B.S. Haldane, Steven Weinberg, Peter Doherty, C.V. Raman, Sylvester James Gates, and many more deliver witty, irreverent, thoughtful, and profound advice to scientists of all kinds and abilities....

Reg Smith brings to light a pivotal time in health-care documentation in his firsthand account of developing clinical automation systems for a large and complex health-care provider. Smith began working at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1990, when physicians still recorded important patient information with pens and paper. As an administrator for the systems and procedures division, he and his team worked tirelessly to develop the paperless method for outpatient practice. In the early years of the Internet, they faced numerous issues in making the automation process successful:...