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The Newton-Beethoven analogy

01 Apr 2003 Robert P Crease

Creative moments in art and science are closer than we might think, says Robert P Crease

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In his book Franklin and Newton, science historian I Bernard Cohen cites a remark attributed to Eins

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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