Is the thrill gone?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 31-33

  Arora, Sanjeev ^a   Chazelle, Bernard ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH FUNDING; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DISCOVERY; UNDERGRADUATION;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 23344435549     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1076211.1076233     Document Type: Review

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