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Historian links birth order to innovation

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Abstract

An elaborate study of twenty-eight scientific controversies found that a high percentage of later-born scientists supported theories challenging accepted beliefs. This report, reprinted by permission from the Science Section of The New York Times of 8 May 1990, suggests that scientists who are not first-borns may be less likely to identify with authority.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

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