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In 2023 Nobel Prize–winning physicist Giorgio Parisi published In a Flight of Starlings, a collection of essays on scientific subjects. Acclaimed author Sam Kean, who uses the form of nonfiction narrative to explore scientific discoveries, is interested in the collection less for its aesthetic merit than for its focus on "the false starts...and mistakes that beset real scientific research every day." Kean argues that all too often, scientists omit this "human stuff" from written accounts of their research and thus ultimately "fail to explain how science really gets done."

It explores a subtle difference between Kean's and Parisi's respective objections to scientific research methods.

It outlines an area of agreement between Parisi and Kean in how they think about the work of science.

It describes Kean's view that nonfiction narrative is an effective way for Parisi to share his accomplishments.

It presents Kean's claim that Parisi is too modest about his own achievements as a scientist.