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I look forward to a deeper and more quantitative understanding of creativity as the science of brain research becomes more steadily and securely based in physiology and biology.
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1 am very grateful to Professor Veljko Milutinovic of the University of Belgrade and Professor Hironori Fujii of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology for stimulating discussions on the subjects of creativity and innovation.
This work was partially supported by Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Perl, M.L. (2019). A Contrarian View of How to Develop Creativity in Science and Engineering. In: Kelso, J. (eds) Learning To Live Together: Promoting Social Harmony. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90659-1_15
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