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The image of the distracted professor working isolated in his study is a thing of the past. Scientific research is still carried out by individuals, but the achievements of somebody like Mendel who conducted his experiments in the seclusion of a monastery garden and created a new scientific discipline are inconceivable today. Contemporary molecular life sciences bring together such an enormous amount of information that one scientist by himself would not have a chance of making a significant discovery.
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(2005). Research and research buildings: the example of Life Sciences. In: Braun, H., Grömling, D. (eds) Research and Technology Buildings. Design Manuals. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7672-4_3
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