Me: Perhaps we should just get back on topic. Here is a new thread for you Jitesh, go nutz: http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/browse_thread/thread/a9763b1f6993c815
On Aug 19, 10:10 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Jitesh: > America is brilliant, it has has more Nobel Laureates than anyone else > > Me: > Perhaps, but that's only because it has more people in total, it's actually > pretty low down the scale if measured per-capita > Wikipedia says so too > > Jitesh: > No, no, no. By "more" I actually meant "better" and that they were by > smarter people > It's clear you didn't understand that because you just wanted to start > comparing things by using numbers! > You just don't get Nobel prizes at all, they're actually a lot like cricket > > Me: > ... > > On 19 August 2010 05:35, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Kevin, > > > Thanks for your reply .I beg to differ on this. > > > Nobel prize isn't a com,odity that any one gets.it is the quality & > > not the quantity of people that matters. > > Furthermore,what has number of people got to do with this..Your > > parameters are wrong.. > > > Anyways,2000 or 300000 ,what matters is the work.The quality..A yearly > > prize given for excellence in fields.. > > I am surprised by your metrics.. > > > For e.g. Australia/West Indies has won 2 cricket world cups & india > > 1..is that population size to measure which team is better.?? > > > I know my facts but you may not know the metrics assignment.. > > > You can never assign such distinguished prizes on sizes or anything as > > such..the kind of work,thinking ,etc matters.. > > > Let us focus on the thread topic here my friend ..:) > > > Thanks, > > jd > > > On 8/19/10, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Based on this: > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_by_country > > > > <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] <sip%[email protected]> < > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > >>>> .com> > > <javaposse%[email protected]<javaposse%252bunsubscr...@googleg > > roups.com> > > > >>>> . > > >>>> 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > >>> .com> > > <javaposse%[email protected]<javaposse%252bunsubscr...@googleg > > roups.com> > > > >>> . > > >>> 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]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > >> .com> > > <javaposse%[email protected]<javaposse%252bunsubscr...@googleg > > roups.com> > > > >> . > > >> 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > > .com> > > . > > > 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]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > 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. 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