On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
"The reviews were by scientists who were outraged -- outraged! --
because Watson told the truth about how science is done. As I said, he
also described himself as a lazy young man more into goofing off and
chasing women than working."
Kary Mu
Nice and simple paper, very informative.
The general delusion is so hard to accept when you get the data.
If you read French I can proudly say you that you should not read "La
Recherche" (a more academic local competitor to SciAm) on "Scientific
controversies" (
http://www.larecherche.fr/savoirs/
Excellent paper Jed. Well done!
Eric Walker wrote:
> History does repeat itself, over and over.
>
Mark Twain supposedly said: "History does not repeat itself, but it does
rhyme." I agree. Things are never quite the same.
The quote from Watson is hysterical. His book, *The Double Helix*, is
hysterical. My edition from Norton
I added a photo of Gerischer from the university site:
http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/pc/PChistory.html
You can see the resemblance to the caricature by my anonymous illustrator.
- Jed
Very nice table talk.
You included these good-natured observations: "If you want great science,
you must settle for lots of schlock science, and also many *odd people*."
And, "by his own account, Watson was always ready to cut corners and goof
off. He described a conference in Italy in 1951, a y
thanks for your kind words in the talk.
I like it.
And yes materials are very important.
23% Ag, 2% Ce (or 2% Y) always gave me the best overall performance.
But you do have to treat it nice.
Using a model builders sand blaster with cerium oxide was a quick easy way to
clean up the metal.
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