Notable quotes from the good and the great reported elsewhere.
“It would have been fairer, and would send a less distorted message about how this kind of science is actually done, if the award had been made collectively to all members of the two groups.”
Martin Rees, former UK Royal Society president, says the Nobel-prize system sends out the wrong message about collaborative science, as prizes cannot be shared between more than three individuals, but research teams often have many members. UK Science Media Centre, 4/10/11.
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