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Graphene Nobel Prize Committee Criticized For Inaccuracies

Posted by timothy on from the you-guys-missed-my-first-monograph dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A leading researcher in the field of graphene has published a letter to the Nobel committee asking them to address significant problems with the factual accuracy of the supporting documents that laid the case for awarding Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Nature talks with letter author Walt de Heer about his claims that, aside from factual inaccuracies, the document diminishes the role of other groups and 'reads like a nomination letter.' At least one change has already been made by the committee."

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  1. Sour grapes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is mostly a case of sour grapes from a researcher who came in second, both in the science of graphene as well as in the PR game that is a big part of deciding who gets prizes in a competitive research area.

  2. Fr0st 4ist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Of playing your to use the GNNA man walking. It's rules to follow used to. SHIT ON (I always bri[ng my