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8 - What It Takes To Be A Good Scientist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2022

J. Scott Armstrong
Affiliation:
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Kesten C. Green
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
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Summary

The discovery of useful scientific knowledge depends primarily on the scientist. A scientist’s research can be greatly aided by research assistants, advisors, reviewers, journals, and all those fostering a creative environment. Nevertheless, we believe that the primary responsibility for conducting useful scientific research usually falls on individual scientists, sometimes two scientists, but rarely more than two.

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The Scientific Method
A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge
, pp. 88 - 99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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