Habits of a Scientist

1. Notice Patterns

2. I Wonder

3. Challenge Assumptions

4. Ask the right Question

5. The Heart

6. Embrace Failure

7. Read Original Works

8. Whole, not Specialized

9. Judging

Physicist Irving Koplansky suggests these four things a good scientist should do:

1. Search the literature (do research to find out what others have already discovered)
2. Take good notes (dated and organized)
3. Reach out (to other scientists, share ideas, get feedback)
4. Learn something new every day