I wrote:
> I will ask Tom if he has a paper about his Brillouin work. > I ended up asking him if he has even heard of this this claim. Quote: "Maybe they think your technique resembles theirs but they have not discussed it with you." In this field, researchers often appropriate other people's work as proof of their own claims. Mills does that a lot. The people he cites often disagree. In some cases they have no idea he is citing them. I am not saying that is unethical. It is perfectly okay; just as it is okay to cite the work of a researcher who died long ago. But it is a little awkward. Kind of silly. I would give the person a head's up. - Jed
