Where do ideas come from?
Popular Physics
2018-07-18 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Authors:
Abraham Loeb
Abstract
Ideas are nurtured by informal dialogues in environments where mistakes are tolerated and critical thinking is encouraged.
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@article{arxiv.1806.10092,
title = {Where do ideas come from?},
author = {Abraham Loeb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.10092},
year = {2018}
}
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