The alchemy of ideas

Michael L.J. Apuzzo; James B. Elder; Rodrick Faccio; Charles Y. Liu

doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000335789.61773.C5

The alchemy of ideas

Michael L.J. Apuzzo, James B. Elder, Rodrick Faccio, Charles Y. Liu

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Abstract

THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS an assessment of the power of ideas and their role in initiating change and progress. The enormous potential cascade effect is illustrated by examining the movement of Modernism in the arts. Next, the immense scope and capabilities of the modern scientific endeavor - with robotic space exploration at the scale of 10⁹ meters at one extreme and the wonders of nanoscience at the scale of 10^-9 m at the other - are examined. The attitudes and philosophies of neurological surgery are related to those involved in the Modernist movement and placed on the defined scale of contemporary scientific activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1035-1044
Number of pages	10
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	63
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/01.NEU.0000335789.61773.C5
State	Published - Dec 2008

Keywords

Creativity
Ideas
Modernism
Nanoneurosurgery
Nanotechnology
Neurological surgery
Progress
Space
Stardust

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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