Sue--didn't you hear that Stephen is treating us all to dinner?! Joan
> Stephen, I thought we decided years ago that you and I are closet > reference librarians. > > Did you notice that 23 of the authors are dead? > > But I love the idea of Michael S. on my home answering machine! (I listen > to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on the elliptical every week.) > > So... since APA is in Toronto next year, any chance you'll have dinner > with us, Stephen? > > Planning ahead, > Sue > > -- > Sue Frantz Highline Community College > Psychology Des Moines, WA > 206.878.3710 x3404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ > -- > APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology > http://teachpsych.org/ > Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director > Project Syllabus > http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:08 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE: [tips] One for the Guinness book > > On 3 Dec 2008 at 14:25, Frantz, Sue wrote: > >> I'm going with 2512 authors. >> >> Aleph et al. 2006. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z >> resonance. Physics Reports, 427[5-6]: 257-454. >> >> There are 14 pages of authors... listed in Appendix A. With 2,512 >> authors, chances are good that you know one! >> >> You can read the paper here: http://tinyurl.com/6n64b5 > > Wow! You're good, Sue. I never thought anyone would come up with that > one. My only complaint is that your tinyurl takes me to the > ScienceDirect login page, and reading it there isn't possible without > coughing up $$$. > > Try this instead: > http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ex/pdf/0509/0509008v3.pdf > > and then skip to p. 227 and keep going to p. 245. Count 'em and be > amazed. > > Interested parties might also try: > > King, C. (2007). Multiauthor papers redux: a new peek at new peaks. > _Science Watch_, Nov-Dec. Available on-line (no $$$ needed) at: > http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/klnl/8428096/swmultiauthor.pdf > > and the letter-to-the-editor which inspired this post: > > Sekercioglu, C. (2008). Quantifying coauthor contributions. _Science_ > 322, p. 371. > > So we have a winner. As prize I was going to suggest a week in Toronto, > with second place getting two weeks in Toronto, but this was not a > popular choice. So I suggest instead Michael Sylvester on your home > answering machine. Please contact him for further information. > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
