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Science > Physics |
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"Sam Wormley" |
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27 Apr 2004 07:37:02 PM |
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Physics and fame |
Ref: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
Fame in science is different to fame in other areas of life according
to physicists at Clarkson University in the US. Daniel ben-Avraham
and colleagues have shown that the fame of a scientist - as measured
by the number of hits on Google - is directly proportional to their
merit as measured by the number of research papers they have
published. Such a relationship is not found for other groups such as
sportsmen or actors (J P Bagrow et al. 2004 arXiv/cond-mat/0404515).
The Clarkson team says that the research could shed new light on the
science of networks and help researchers working in social sciences
and psychology.
See: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
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| User: "Edward Green" |
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| Title: Re: Physics and fame |
02 May 2004 05:30:36 PM |
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:<408EFCA1.C140CE20@mchsi.com>...
Ref: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
Fame in science is different to fame in other areas of life according
to physicists at Clarkson University in the US. Daniel ben-Avraham
and colleagues have shown that the fame of a scientist - as measured
by the number of hits on Google - is directly proportional to their
merit as measured by the number of research papers they have
published.
You know ... that result could have been stated without the two
intermediate renamings: number of hits on Google is correlated to the
number of pulished papers. Calling the first item "fame" and the
second "merit" is tendentious.
Such a relationship is not found for other groups such as
sportsmen or actors (J P Bagrow et al. 2004 arXiv/cond-mat/0404515).
Which begs the question of what parallels a "paper" for a sportsman or
actor? For the latter I would have thought "roles", and I find it
unlikely that fame (as measured, of course, by number of hits on
Google) would not show a strong positive correlation to the number of
roles the actor has appeared in in professional productions (research
papers).
The Clarkson team says that the research could shed new light on the
science of networks and help researchers working in social sciences
and psychology.
See: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Physics and fame |
27 Apr 2004 08:48:11 PM |
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
Ref: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
Fame in science is different to fame in other areas of life according
to physicists at Clarkson University in the US. Daniel ben-Avraham
and colleagues have shown that the fame of a scientist - as measured
by the number of hits on Google - is directly proportional to their
merit as measured by the number of research papers they have
published. Such a relationship is not found for other groups such as
sportsmen or actors (J P Bagrow et al. 2004 arXiv/cond-mat/0404515).
The Clarkson team says that the research could shed new light on the
science of networks and help researchers working in social sciences
and psychology.
See: http://www.physicsweb.org/article/news/8/4/12
Does this article say anything about the big money scientists are racking
in by perpetuating the stories that the speed of light is a limit, free
energy isn't, Einstein was right, etc.?
Any free thinker knows that it is all a conspiracy by every scientist,
every school, every book publisher and every government on the planet.
--
Jim Pennino
Remove -spam-sux to reply.
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| User: "Ed Keane III" |
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| Title: Re: Physics and fame |
28 Apr 2004 09:19:53 AM |
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<jimp@specsol-spam-sux.com> wrote in message
news:c6n2gr$mh8$1@mail.specsol.com...
Any free thinker knows that it is all a conspiracy by every scientist,
every school, every book publisher and every government on the planet.
And yet when they are done with their thinking they still use
the roll of paper and push the handle on the tank.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Physics and fame |
28 Apr 2004 11:54:06 AM |
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In article <408fc26d$0$23415$38cefb40@news.westelcom.com>, "Ed Keane III" <keane@westelcom.com> writes:
<jimp@specsol-spam-sux.com> wrote in message
news:c6n2gr$mh8$1@mail.specsol.com...
Any free thinker knows that it is all a conspiracy by every scientist,
every school, every book publisher and every government on the planet.
And yet when they are done with their thinking they still use
the roll of paper and push the handle on the tank.
:-)))))
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
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