Serendipity & the Prepared Mind: Luck and Judgement in Science - Professor Carolin Crawford
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Channel: Gresham College · 2015 · Education
There is an often over looked factor common to all the great scientific breakthroughs, which is that the discoverer was able to recognize the importance of their findings. This factor, the “Prepared Mind” is the subject of this short talk. This is a short extract from a full Gresham College Lecture. You can watch the full Video on our website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-next-big-questions Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,800 lectures free to access or download from the website. Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege
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