This issue of Geochemical Perspectives started with an invitation by editorial board member Sarah Gleeson, to go beyond reflection on a scientific career and describe a journey through life (luckily not ended yet, since this issue was written during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic). This was a daunting task because my path has not been typical and several parts of the journey epitomise what the poet Robert Frost described as “the road not taken”, at least not by most scientists. This Geochemical Perspectives issue would not have been possible without, and certainly was greatly improved by, the careful...

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致谢

本期《地球化学展望》始于编辑委员会成员莎拉·格里森（Sarah Gleeson）的邀请，超越了对科学事业的反思，并描述了人生的旅程（幸运的是，这还没有结束，因为本期是在COVID-19的早期撰写的大流行）。这是一项艰巨的任务，因为我的道路并不典型，旅程的某些部分概括了诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特（Robert Frost）所描述的“未走的路”，至少大多数科学家并不如此。没有仔细的研究，就不可能实现这个地球化学观点问题，并且肯定会大大改善这一问题。