1)Our sense of what scientific research means to us can change over time and is very individual

1)Our sense of what scientific research means to us can change over time and is very individual. This chapter contains several common metaphors or images of the research process, but there are many more, such as mining/archeology, tree/ plant, pushing a boulder uphill, and so on. What metaphors or images for the research process fit your experience?

2)Having finished reading this book (or just this chapter), what questions are you left with? What have we left out or not given enough attention to? What else would you have liked to have heard about? (Please consider emailing us to let us know your thoughts.)