Sigh, sorry to be rude but you people are waaaaay off topic :) Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Based on this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country > > I can see that the UK has 117 laureates, and the US has 320 laureates > Giving the US roughly 2.7 times as many laureates as the UK > > Furthermore, from here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population > > I can see that the size of the UK population is 62,041,708 and for the US is > 310,020,000 > Giving the US a population roughly 5 times as large as the UK > > > Or calculated as laureates per capita > UK: 117/62041708 = 1.89*10^-6 > US: 320/310020000 = 1.03*10^-6 > > > So there's a higher percentage of Nobel laureates from the UK than from the > US. > Please check you facts before posting such claims, and cite your sources if > possible. > I haven't yet done the laureates per-capita for other countries, but I'm sure > the results would be fascinating > > > > On 18 August 2010 22:55, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > 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]. > 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]. > 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. > > > > -- > 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]. > 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.
