Today I was listening to one of those leadership development professionals who sprout like weeds at all the conferences and seminars these days. But he said one thing charming. "Of course business is personal. If people don’t take their work personally, it’s not worth much." And then I find this wonderful story from a new book by Simon Singh. (Review in the NY Times by William Grimes–free registration required; articles only free for a few days.)

Link: The New York Times > Books > Books of the Times | ‘Big Bang’: Course: Cosmos Explained. Prerequisites: None..

When Martin Ryle, a British radio astronomer, was presented with a photograph disproving his theory that celestial radio waves emanated from stars, not galaxies, he threw himself face down on a couch, in full view of his colleagues at a conference, and burst into tears. Then he got up, dusted himself off and began plotting revenge.