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In Advice to Rocket Scientists, I talk about two bricklayers who are asked by a young boy what they are doing. The first bricklayer is annoyed at the question and says, “Can’t you see? I’m laying bricks.” The second says with a gleam in his eye, “I’m building a cathedral!”
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(2007). Work on the Big Picture. In: The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_3
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