On Dec 7, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. wrote: > On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: > >> Hi All TIPSTERs: I thought that some of you might this piece worthy of >> discussion and debate: >> http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system
Given my background in genetics and evolution, the first person I thought of when I read the article about Peter Higgs was Barbara McClintock, who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of mobile genetic elements. I remember reading an article about her when I was a graduate student (just after she was awarded the Nobel Prize) in which she mentioned how she published papers mostly when she had something important to report. In between publications, she collected and carefully analyzed/interpreted the data. >From 1925 to 1993, she had only 88 publications, an average of 1.3 per year. >Some years she published nothing (see >http://www.agron.missouri.edu/mnl/73/110kass.html ). Best, Jeff -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Phone: (480) 423-6213 Fax: (480) 423-6298 --- 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=31088 or send a blank email to leave-31088-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
