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arXiv:1502.00709astro-ph.IM

How to collect matches that will catch fire

Abraham Loeb

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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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3 pages, accepted for publication in Physics World
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astro-ph.IMInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics

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