title: Sobering thoughts at seventy on trivia and serendipity.
abstract: The Editor-in-Chief reflects on a life in biological sciences that has been rewarding through the sheer diversity of interesting phenomenon he has researched, and recalls how holistic thinking had sadly been replaced by rampant reductionism.
authors.forename: Denys
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wheatley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research