Timeline for Are there any serious investigations of whether "mathematicians do their best work when they're young"?
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 18:44 | history | edited | Elizabeth Henning | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 14:08 | comment | added | Fred Daniel Kline | I think that as an individual becomes more accomplished in her specialty, her employer rewards her with promotions. Each step up that ladder requires more time for non-specialty duties. Therefore, less time for creativity and thus fewer papers. | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 4:43 | history | edited | Elizabeth Henning | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 4:26 | comment | added | Elizabeth Henning | Thanks for the link, and thanks, Todd, for the info. I would feel bad accepting my own answer if it weren't community-wiki! But I'm not that thrilled with what I've found so far--here's hoping there's something better out there. | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 3:51 | comment | added | Benjamin Dickman | Simonton's 1997 article is available here. | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 3:03 | history | edited | Elizabeth Henning | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 3, 2015 at 2:55 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | It's certainly okay to post an answer of your own, community wiki or not. At some point you might want to officially accept an answer; see here for more on this: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/… | |
| Jan 3, 2015 at 2:54 | history | edited | Elizabeth Henning | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Jan 3, 2015 at 2:48 | history | answered | Elizabeth Henning | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Jan 3, 2015 at 2:48 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Elizabeth Henning |