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  • As a young biologist with latent qualities as a nexialist, she had joined the Exploration and Evaluation Corps for the diversity of duty and the thrill of being the first human to walk on unexplored planets and catalog new life-forms, but she hadn't counted on losing friends in the process.

    First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • Liu, as nexialist, would investigate whatever remaining aspects of this planet they had time to consider.

    Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • Liu, as nexialist, would investigate whatever remaining aspects of this planet they had time to consider.

    The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • Liu, as nexialist, would investigate whatever remaining aspects of this planet they had time to consider.

    First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • As a young biologist with latent qualities as a nexialist, she had joined the Exploration and Evaluation Corps for the diversity of duty and the thrill of being the first human to walk on unexplored planets and catalog new life-forms, but she hadn't counted on losing friends in the process.

    Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • As a young biologist with latent qualities as a nexialist, she had joined the Exploration and Evaluation Corps for the diversity of duty and the thrill of being the first human to walk on unexplored planets and catalog new life-forms, but she hadn't counted on losing friends in the process.

    The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993

  • "But a nexialist could never entirely replace a team of specialists because even he wouldn't have all the knowledge that the specialists represent as a whole."

    Starless Realm Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • They didn't know Regoon any more than they knew the nuclear expert Laar, or Gorat the astronomer, or Nex the nexialist.

    Starless Realm Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • "Every spaceship travelling the space routes and dependent upon its own resources should have a nexialist on board so that in case of difficulties he could coordinate the work of the specialists."

    Starless Realm Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • "Besides-in every circumstance a nexialist would know where to be of assistance.

    Starless Realm Ernsting, Walter 1976

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  • A form of scientist who stands at the nexus of the sciences and understands enough of each to provide profoundly cross-disciplinary solutions to problems.

    November 30, 2007

  • So, this would be a consilient scientist, then?

    November 30, 2007