>I used to have an absolute trust in "Nobel Prize Winner" designation, until I found out this:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Paulescu>You may say that it was an exception, but since something so blatantly unfair could happen, it's hard to not become skeptical.
Scientific progress relies so much on the work of those who came before - where do you draw the line on who is worthy of a prize like the Nobel?
As Sir Isaac Newton famously remarked, "If I have seen farther it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants".
Regards. Al
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