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How to collect matches that will catch fire

2015/02/03 by Abraham Loeb, Loeb, Abraham · 1 voice
Medicine · #Health and Medical Research Impacts #astro-ph.IM #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1502.00709

openalex publication_date 2015/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

How can we select a cohort of promising astrophysicists before they have made their discoveries? This is the fundamental challenge of academic planning. I argue that science can only blossom if young researchers are rewarded for acquired skills and growth rather than inherited academic ancestry.

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