Creative mind

Sullivan, G.B. "The alchemy of art a study in the evolution of the creative mind of John Keats." PhD thesis, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1967. 

This is a precise description of what is required of our system. It should be documented independently of how the requirements may be achieved. Clearly it will be necessary to think ahead, and consider some implementation questions, in part because there s no point in specifying something that cannot be made and in part because the creative minds of the analysts inevitably speculate about how it will work. We ve already discussed the difference between doing these steps in parallel and documenting them separately. 

Because of the creative minds contributing to the field, the tools of C-H bond transformation available to synthetic chemists are actively expanding [1], Among these, coordination-directed C-H bond-activation has long preserved its appeal, because it enables selective functionalization of a particular C-H bond in the presence of other functional groups. This can be achieved by using a heteroatom (FG = functional group shown in Scheme 1) in the substrate structure to direct the metal complex to the proximity of the specific C-H bond. Even unactivated sp3-centered C-H bonds tend to react in a cyclometalation step with palladium, platinum [2], and ruthenium catalysts [3]. 

The authors would like to express sincere thanks to many co-workers who, with their efforts and creative minds, have significantly contributed to the development of the chemistry discussed in this article. Their names are found in many of the following references. 

The alternative model to the dual-competent chemical engineer is the chemical engineer as a member of a multidisciplinary team, one who knows the vocabulary of the other team members but not their theories. Undoubtedly, this model may be necessary at times, but such a member would have little chance to become the dominant creative mind or project leader. For less investment, one gets less results. 

Researchers (in academic institutes as well as in industry) tend to view market research in a very narrow sense. They do not perceive the potential of the approach, thus missing innovative ideas. Market research may, in fact, bring research ideas back to the earth and help avoid major mistakes. If used with a wider perspective and by a creative mind, it can also help identify interesting options. 

Acquired drives are the primary determinants of human activity. Whatever humans have discovered, invented, developed, renewed, or modified, has stemmed from previously attained knowledge, from chains of ICRs previously irreversibly fixed in their cortex through innate or acquired drives. Very hard work is needed to accumulate proper knowledge in the brain. Even creative work in science or art can originate only from that which is already known. The learned is digested, rethought, varied until the new problem to be solved is shaped in the brain of the creative mind such that a ripe new variant ultimately results. 

Creative minds give the best proof that acquired drives determine human life, and they are also the best examples for deeply penetrating into essential aspects of acquired-drive-dependent behaviors. 

I am not aware of any other field of science outside of NMR that offers so much creative freedom and opportunity for a creative mind to invent and explore new experimental schemes that can be fruitfully applied in a variety of disciplines. —Richard Ernst, Nobel Prize, 1993... 

Unique new enzymes are now readily accessible in quantity with properties that are amenable to modification on demand. It is my firm belief that such fascinating possibilities not only open new playgrounds for creative minds but will also assist each practising scientist with effective tools for tackling the future challenges in Organic Synthesis, and it is my hope that this volume will actively support this goal. 

First of all, be open-minded and original. As Schopenhaner noted, the task of the creative mind is not so mnch to see what no one has seen yet bnt to think what nobody has thonght yet, abont what everyone sees. A won-derfnl illnstration is fonnd in Peter Hesse s cartoon below. 

As is the case with many creative minds, van t HofPs career initially encountered many roadblocks, mostly related to the ignorance of the scientific establishment. Unemployed for two years after receiving his doctorate, he eventually took a teaching job in physics at the veterinary school in Utrecht. Success finally came in 1877 when the newly founded University of Amsterdam offered him a lectureship the next year he became a professor of chemistry at the same institute. Although his international reputation led to the formation of a new chemical laboratory at the Amsterdam school, which was completed in 1891, he moved to Berfin in 1896 as both a university professor and member of the prestigious Prussian Academy of Science. 

And wherever chemistry moves creative minds Now and forevermore you will stay You, our model and our master. 

Boden, Margaret. The Creative Mind Myths and Mechanisms. New York Basic Books, 1991. 

As a man, Altshuller was a surprisingly humble person, almost embarrassed by his talents, knowledge, and fame. His former associates still consider him as a personal friend. The Author also knows that the Altshuller truly cared about the well-being of his associates and always tried to help them. After the fall of the Soviet Union, many of his associates (also Jews) decided to leave the country and make their home in the West. Altshuller contacted the Author several times asking to help them in finding jobs or simply to provide references. There is no question that Altshuller had not only a great and creative mind but also a big heart. 

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