Posts Tagged ‘creativity’ (4 articles found)

Women in Science Forum

04/11/2008

by Anita Krisko Same Author (5)

The means to become more creative

Lack of funding? Institutional aversion to risk? Yes, says Croatian structural biologist, Anita Krisko, these well-known obstacles to creativity play their expected parts, but they are not the worst enemies of original thinking. The real creativity killer is ''lab politics''.
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Women in Science Forum

04/11/2008

by Jennifer Graves Same Author (2)

Imagination for Innovation

For Professor Jennifer Graves, little children are natural-born scientists--curious, observant and bursting with the sorts of ''crazy hypotheses'' that scientific daring requires. In her address on Point 5 of the Commitment Charter, Foster Creativity and Innovation, Professor Graves talked about the role that early education plays in kindling--or extinguishing--the spark of scientific imagination that exists in every young mind.
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Women in Science Forum

03/03/2008

by Margaret Brimble Same Author (1)

Creativity in the Molecular World of Materials Science

As a young girl, Professor Margaret Brimble believed she wasn't a "creative" person. She admired friends who could draw and write poetry and decided she would just have to settle for good grades in Math and Latin. But then she discovered organic chemistry...
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Women in Science Forum

06/04/2006

by Dominique Langevin Same Author (1)

Imagination, Curiosity, Patience

Girls, don’t let anyone tell you science is only for boys! The future is full of challenges, and science needs the special talents of women to help us meet those challenges head-on.
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