It is quite interesting to read how recent the idea of peer review being required for publication is (1973 for Nature apparently). It's well known that in biolo

It is quite interesting to read how recent the idea of peer review being required for publication is (1973 for Nature apparently). It's well known that in biology that the 1953 Watson & Crick paper in Nature was published without review after Nobel Laureate Sir William Lawrence Bragg (Watson & Crick's ultimate boss) vouched for it, but it seems that wasn't atypical at all for the era.