Observation and cogitation: How serendipity provides the building blocks of scientific discovery

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-337

  Stoskopt, M K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curiosity; Observation; Paradigm shift; Scientific method; Search image

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PATHOLOGY; POULTRY; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 24644441226     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.4.332     Document Type: Article

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