At MIT, I learned not to fear failure. It’s the type of place where you need self-discipline and a willingness to take risks and try a different approach. Writing is not so different. My love of science funneled into my first books, which all contained weird scientific elements in their plots. These books combined biology and anthropology; they are different sides of the same interests. Biology is the science element, confirmed by process of experiment, while anthropology is the human element.