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In the parent case he's talking about 'academic' families, instead of biological families (academic meaning that the 'parent' is the academic advisor of the 'ch
by infinite8s 14y ago
In the parent case he's talking about 'academic' families, instead of biological families (academic meaning that the 'parent' is the academic advisor of the 'child'). Of course, having several members of the same family all receive Nobel prizes is quite exceptional (and I believe unique to the Curie family).
- sebtoast 14y agoSorry, didn't know about that. And yes, the Currie family is exceptional but according the the Wikipedia link there are several husband/wife or father/son combos that received the same prize.
- carlob 14y agoHate to be the spelling nazi here, but it's the second time you misspell Curie as Currie.
- sebtoast 14y agoWow sorry about that, thanks for the correction. I'm going to defend myself by saying I'm at work and I just reply quickly between two tickets. My usual excuse is that English is my "first language".
- Jun8 14y agoI really like the German word for PhD advisor, Doktorvater (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doktorvater http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doktorvater), which reflects this "family" aspect so well. I wonder if other languages have similar nice terms for this concept. BTW, Wikipedia says Doktormutter is also sometimes used.