David Hubel, one half of the famous Hubel & Wiesel research team that provided such profound research on the neurophysiology of early vision, is dead. Here is a NY Times article on him, his research, and his life (he was a Canadian and fortunately for Canada, not an embarrassment like the Canadian born buffoon currently boviating the U.S. Congress) see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/science/david-hubel-nobel-winning-scientist-dies-at-87.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130925&_r=0&pagewanted=all
I am somewhat surprised that Tipsters have not noted this earlier because the Washington Post had an obituary in the Washington Post on Monday, September 23 (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/david-h-hubel-nobel-prize-winning-neuroscientist-dies-at-87/2013/09/23/5a227c2c-7167-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html ) as did the website of the Boston Globe (see: http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/09/23/nobel-laureate-david-hubel-who-taught-harvard-medical-school-dies/IXFS4uNm5hKZd6YJH0XQcL/story.html ). I guess acknowledging one of psychologist's Nobel prize winners was not a priority. Hubel's research partner Torsten Wiesel, emeritus professor and President of Rockefeller University, is still keeping busy; see: http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/labheads/TorstenWiesel -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=28095 or send a blank email to leave-28095-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
