Pavlov conducting an experiment Pavlov was the personification of the dedicated scientist. His research so engulfed his life that he is said to have hardly noticed such events as the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which radically transformed his country. One former coworker (Gantt, in 1975, as quoted by Hothersall, 1995) recalled Pavlov’s angry scolding of an assistant who arrived 10 minutes late to start an experiment: “But Professor,” exclaimed the assistant, “there’s a revolution going on, with shooting in the streets.” To which Pavlov replied, “What the _____ difference does that make when you’ve work to do in the laboratory? Next time there’s a revolution, get up earlier!”
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