Night Science

Sean B. Carroll – he told some good stories

February 12, 2024 Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher Season 4 Episode 14
Sean B. Carroll – he told some good stories
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Night Science
Sean B. Carroll – he told some good stories
Feb 12, 2024 Season 4 Episode 14
Itai Yanai & Martin Lercher

Sean Carroll is a world-renowned scientist, author, educator, and an Oscar-nominated film producer. Sean sees storytelling as the key to all he does. Similar to how musicians get inspiration by listening to other people’s music, Sean attributes his own creativity to his insatiable habit of reading about other people’s science – that’s how he “fertilizes his garden”. To tell a good story, he urges us to seek the emotions. But storytelling is not just for communication: in a research project, we also must develop a narrative, connecting the dots.

For more information on Night Science, visit https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/night-science .

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Sean Carroll is a world-renowned scientist, author, educator, and an Oscar-nominated film producer. Sean sees storytelling as the key to all he does. Similar to how musicians get inspiration by listening to other people’s music, Sean attributes his own creativity to his insatiable habit of reading about other people’s science – that’s how he “fertilizes his garden”. To tell a good story, he urges us to seek the emotions. But storytelling is not just for communication: in a research project, we also must develop a narrative, connecting the dots.

For more information on Night Science, visit https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/night-science .