Cancer

Within the scientific community those who succeed tend to be reserved and cautious and stay within carefully prescribed activities.  The bold, the daring lone ranger may be romanticized by other parts of American culture, but that glorification does not extend to the internal workings of science.  Funds are given to those who stay well within the confines of their field, not those who push the envelope.

          Devra Davis, When Smoke Ran Like Water:  Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution