Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2011-11, Vol.108 (47), p.18910-18914
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Age dynamics in scientific creativity
- Ist Teil von
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2011-11, Vol.108 (47), p.18910-18914
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: National Academy of Sciences
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
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- Data on Nobel Laureates show that the age–creativity relationship varies substantially more over time than across fields. The age dynamics within fields closely mirror field-specific shifts in (i) training patterns and (ii) the prevalence of theoretical contributions. These dynamics are especially pronounced in physics and coincide with the emergence of quantum mechanics. Taken together, these findings show fundamental shifts in the life cycle of research productivity, inform theories of the age–creativity relationship, and provide observable predictors for the age at which great achievements are made.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0027-8424eISSN: 1091-6490DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102895108Titel-ID: cdi_pnas_primary_108_47_18910
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- academic achievement, Age, Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Citation analysis, Confidence interval, Creativity, History, 20th Century, Humans, Natural Science Disciplines - history, Natural Science Disciplines - statistics & numerical data, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prizes, Physical chemistry, Physics, Polynomials, prediction, Quantum mechanics, Quantum physics, research and development, researchers, Science, Science history, Scientific revolution, Social Sciences, Statistical variance