Foresight, Insight, Oversight, and Hindsight in Scientific Discovery: How sighted were galileo's telescopic sightings?

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-254

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BVSR; Discovery; Expertise; Galileo; Hindsight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862311929     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027058     Document Type: Article

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