A long road

A long road   #by Susan Lozier

I have always been interested in advances in science that seemingly happen overnight.  I love the stories of someone walking through the woods when a new idea or solution to an old problem comes to mind, and then the next day he or she tests something in the lab, makes some calculations, or runs model simulations to check things out, and science is rewritten.  

Then there is the slow science of ocean observations, where almost nothing happens overnight.  Take OSNAP, for example.  Our first OSNAP time series will be published in the February 1st 2019 issue of Science, almost 12 years after OSNAP was first conceived.  There is nothing ‘overnight’ about this program.  Not even close.

陈立杰说天空飞过一只飞鸟，他想到了另一种解法。但是这种overnight的灵光一现，也是在每天十几个小时的工作时间的基础上。

Susan的话让我很触动。每个灵光乍现的背后大概都有很长的路要走。