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> It has been reproduced and journallized by Sharif University in Iran. I see. Well I'll just wait for additional confirmation from the Great Leader's Universi

> It has been reproduced and journallized by Sharif University in Iran. I see. Well I'll just wait for additional confirmation from the Great Leader's University of North Korea.

chegra 16y ago
The chair of Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University has announced that: "Without a doubt the finest university in the world preparing undergraduate Electrical engineers is Sharif University of Technology in Tehran" -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_University_of_Technology#International_recognition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_University_of_Technology...
- gnosis 16y ago
  That's interesting, but what does it have to do with world-class physics research?
mstroeck 16y ago
Which large scale science project in the US had the highest number of "graduates" who went on to win nobel prizes and make gigantic contributions to science? The Manhattan Project. Which countries are currently working on their own versions of that project? Uh, North Korea and Iran. You can be DAMN sure that some of the best scientific minds outside of western main-stream are at the moment toiling away in Iran and North Korea.
- gnosis 16y ago
  Nobel Prizes aren't awarded for brilliancy. They're ostensibly awarded for contributions to science. Since that generally involves discovering something new, it's really no surprise that members of the Manhattan Project (who were working in a previously unexplored area of physics, with gigantic resources at their command) would make some momentous discoveries. Contrary to this, the Iranians and North Koreans aren't working on anything new (at least not under the auspices of the nuclear energy/bomb project). So don't expect many Nobel Prizes to come their way. They're rehashing a tried and true path, with a lot of information (both in the public domain, along with probably a good deal of stolen classified material) available to them that the members of the Manhattan Project did not have. That isn't to say that there aren't any brilliant Iranian and North Korean physicists working on the project. I'm sure they've got the cream of the crop in Iran and North Korea. But just because they're working on this doesn't make them world class physicists.

> It has been reproduced and journallized by Sharif University in Iran. I see. Well I'll just wait for additional confirmation from the Great Leader's University of North Korea.

chegra 16y ago

The chair of Electrical Engineering Department of Stanford University has announced that: "Without a doubt the finest university in the world preparing undergraduate Electrical engineers is Sharif University of Technology in Tehran" -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_University_of_Technology#International_recognition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_University_of_Technology...

gnosis 16y ago
That's interesting, but what does it have to do with world-class physics research?

mstroeck 16y ago

Which large scale science project in the US had the highest number of "graduates" who went on to win nobel prizes and make gigantic contributions to science? The Manhattan Project. Which countries are currently working on their own versions of that project? Uh, North Korea and Iran. You can be DAMN sure that some of the best scientific minds outside of western main-stream are at the moment toiling away in Iran and North Korea.

gnosis 16y ago
Nobel Prizes aren't awarded for brilliancy. They're ostensibly awarded for contributions to science. Since that generally involves discovering something new, it's really no surprise that members of the Manhattan Project (who were working in a previously unexplored area of physics, with gigantic resources at their command) would make some momentous discoveries. Contrary to this, the Iranians and North Koreans aren't working on anything new (at least not under the auspices of the nuclear energy/bomb project). So don't expect many Nobel Prizes to come their way. They're rehashing a tried and true path, with a lot of information (both in the public domain, along with probably a good deal of stolen classified material) available to them that the members of the Manhattan Project did not have. That isn't to say that there aren't any brilliant Iranian and North Korean physicists working on the project. I'm sure they've got the cream of the crop in Iran and North Korea. But just because they're working on this doesn't make them world class physicists.