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Chance, creativity, and the discovery of the nerve growth factor
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Chance, creativity, and the discovery of the nerve growth factor
J Hist Neurosci.
2007 Jul-Sep.
Abstract
This essay analyzes the history of the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) discovery, relating some of the principles of the theory of scientific creativity to the cognitive and personal qualities of the scientists that participated in the discovery, particularly Rita Levi-Montalcini and Viktor Hamburger. The discovery of NGF is especially attractive for the history of science as it involves chance, luck, creativity, and some extraordinary scientists.
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