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Nature 395, 823 (29 October 1998) | doi:10.1038/27478
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Reflections on the death of a young scientist
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The tragic suicide of an outstanding graduate student at Harvard University poses troubling questions about academic priorities. But it also reinforces deeper concerns about the contemporary culture of research.
There is always something slightly humbling about human tragedy. Such is the case with the suicide two months ago of a fifth-year graduate student, Jason Altom, at Harvard University.
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