Conveniently enough, that topic was discussed here a while back: > They show that the premature deaths of elite scientists affect the dynamics of scientific di

Conveniently enough, that topic was discussed here a while back: > They show that the premature deaths of elite scientists affect the dynamics of scientific discovery. Following such deaths, scientists who were not collaborators with the deceased stars become more visible, and they advance novel ideas through increased publications within the field of the deceased star. Ref: http://www.nber.org/digest/mar16/w21788.html http://www.nber.org/digest/mar16/w21788.html