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Those at the top in brain science gained their pedestals by knowing more and more about less and less.

Richard Bergland

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Richard M. Bergland (1932 - 2007) was an author, administrator, neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. He was chief of neurosurgery at Beth Israel Hospital of New York. He was also a Van Wagenen Scholar, a Markle Scholar and Macy Faculty Scholar and served academic appointments at Oxford, Harvard, Cornell and Columbia, among others.

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Those at the top in brain science gained their pedestals by knowing more and more about less and less. - Richard Bergland

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