The Great Influenza John M Barry Analysis

Scientists have greatly taken todays advantage to make what once was research, factual evidence. To be a scientist takes great creativity and intelligence, and today’s scientists even past scientists had to rely on their hypothesis as a form to make a new discovery. John M Barry, the author of The Great Influenza explains how scientific reasoning. Barry compares scientific reasoning as very important, that a scientists works “…May break apart upon the sharp edge of a single laboratory finding.” This idea of his, compares what a scientists work may be with what it actually is.
Barry states with comparing scientists to hard working’s men. Scientists can work long hard hours on only one single project the way a hard worker at a construction

site can. He uses this analogy to get his point out that a scientists single idea’s step “…Can take them through the looking glass into a world that seems entirely different…” along with a hard worker like an construction worker. Scientists when making a hypothesis must use their brain and use the “tools” of their brain which are not represented physically where as a construction wo2rker will have physical tools like hammers and nails.
Barry talks about uncertainty which is sometimes what scientists have when using scientific reasoning. He states the main qualities a “good” scientist should have. For example they should be courageous, passionate, curios and creative. Here he portrays what a good scientists with reasonable evidence and knowledge should be like. He states that a good scientist should have so much courage, as much courage as a lion to be successful. Barry states that being a good scientist means that you have to believe only what has been proven, scientifically. You can basically put all your things down and stop what you’re doing if what you’re doing has already been proved to either have been right or wrong.
Nearing the end of Barry’s story all the audience sees are questions. Rhetorical questions are all to be seen which have a simple answer to them. Barry wants to make you think nearing the end of this passage like a scientist. As if you were a scientist what would you do?
At the end Barry’s passage he states that scientists always end with success no matter how long. There will always be mistakes in the beginning but you will shortly have time to fix your mistakes. Scientists always experiment and most are determined to never stop until their research is finally proved and finished.