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Nature 442, 28-29 (6 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442029a; Published online 5 July 2006
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Science in Culture
Philip J. Kilner1
Form and flowDuring my medical training and early years as a doctor, I was repeatedly drawn to art, even if it seemed to me then to lack relevance to medical work. Art felt liberating and satisfying, but subjective and impractical, whereas the kind of scientific thought that I was coming to adopt seemed convincing and applicable, yet strangely out of touch with human feelings or values.
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