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Indlæser... Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honoraf Brian Keating
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The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology's biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize. What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, thought they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement, and Nobel whispers began to spread. But had these cosmologists truly read the cosmic prologue or, driven by ambition in pursuit of Nobel gold, had they been deceived by a galactic mirage? In Losing the Nobel Prize, cosmologist Brian Keating--who first conceived of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiments--tells the inside story of BICEP2's detection and the ensuing scientific drama. Along the way, Keating provocatively argues that the Nobel Prize actually hampers scientific progress by encouraging speed and competition while punishing inclusivity, collaboration, and bold innovation. To build on BICEP2's efforts to reveal the cosmos' ultimate secrets--indeed, to advance science itself--the Nobel Prize must be radically reformed. -- Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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I did not enjoy the parts on the Nobel prize. The author is wildly obsessed with the Nobel prize; he himself says that he "lusts" over it. This is utterly bizarre preoccupation, and it seems to be extremely unhealthy and terrible for his science and scientific credibility. No wonder his BICEP2 collaboration is now infamous for prematurely announcing results with astoundingly poor judgement. According to Keating, it was all about winning the Nobel; and everything in the paper from the title on was also part of a Nobel-winning strategy.
Stranger, Keating assumes that everyone else cares just as much as he does for the Nobel—which is completely ridiculous. Scientists care about… science. Until reading this book, I would have assumed that *no* physicist would orient his career around the 1 in ~10,000 (?) chance of winning a prize eventually (before dying). It seems absurd on its face. Keating's ideas for reforming the prize (and his crazy belief that this would somehow fix science) are equally absurd. (