Hamming's "open doors" and group creativity as keys to scientific excellence: The example of Cambridge

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-477

  Erren, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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AWARDS AND PRIZES; CREATIVITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; CREATIVENESS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE; SCIENCE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38849099749     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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