Nobel and other such awards Dear Colleagues:
Several colleagues and I are working on a little historical paper about two physiologists (both born in the 1870s) with very broad interests in biology. One won a Nobel Prize. I am prepared to assert that Nobel Prizes and other such awards tend to popularize the belief that the statements made by the awardees are likely to be true (even if they are later proven to be false). Although I have read quite a bit on this effect, the literature tends to emphasize recent decades, *not* the beginning of the 20th century. Although this effect is very much to be expected (or like some people like to say, "human nature"; note, instead, I prefer to say "the nature of some humans"), it would be great to cite studies that address this (i.e., the effect of Nobel Prizes or other such awards on the belief that the statements made by the awardees are likely to be true, even if they are later proven to be false) say in the first 25 years or so of the 20th century. If you remember any such papers from the top of your head, I would like to read from you. blayjo...@gmail.com Apologies for duplicate emails. Gratefully, Jorge Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
