Meeting of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Alan Lightman outlines the intellectual and emotional landscape of the groundbreaking discoveries of the 21st century, and explores how scientists think, whether there are common patterns of discovery, the nature of creativity in science. Lightman also looks at which which major discoveries were accidental and which intentional, and whether scientists are always aware of the significance of what they have discovered.
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