but maybe thats because people get their education somewhere else and then go to the states for research (and money and so on) and end up citizens there before getting the nobel price..
These statistical comparisons are always close to pointless if you take a detailed look.. manfred > B) IS CORRECT..THANKS.. > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Kevin Wright > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Do you mean: a) Of all Nobel laureates, the most commonly occurring >> nationality is USA >> Or that: b) the proportion of USA citizens holding a Nobel laureate is >> higher than the proportion of nationals of any other country >> >> >> Because a) is a useless statement, it hasn't normalised against the >> relative population sizes of countries participating in the Nobel prize >> awards... >> >> >> >> >> On 18 August 2010 21:11, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 1)Ya i KNow..Those were two separate statements.Sorry I was not clear >>> in >>> my writing.. >>> >>> 2) Do you know that maximum % of the nobel laureates are from USA? >>> >>> Hope that clarifies the reply..Thanks for your reply..I didnt know >>> about >>> his research part though.Thanks.. >>> >>> Regards, >>> JD >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Russel Winder >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 01:11 +0530, jitesh dundas wrote: >>>> [ . . . ] >>>> > USA has produced some really good scientists in the past ..Tim >>>> Berners >>>> > Lee is like God to me.. >>>> >>>> He is from the UK. >>>> >>>> Research done that made him famous done in Switzerland. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Russel. >>>> >>>> ============================================================================= >>>> Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: >>>> sip:[email protected] <sip%[email protected]> >>>> 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] >>>> London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "The Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Wright >> >> mail/google talk: [email protected] >> wave: [email protected] >> skype: kev.lee.wright >> twitter: @thecoda >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
