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Scientific genius is extinct

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  • Dean Keith Simonton

    (Dean Keith Simonton is professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, California 95616, USA.)

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Dean Keith Simonton fears that surprising originality in the natural sciences is a thing of the past, as vast teams finesse knowledge rather than create disciplines.

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  • Dean Keith Simonton, 2013. "Scientific genius is extinct," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7434), pages 602-602, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7434:d:10.1038_493602a
    DOI: 10.1038/493602a
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