More than 40 years after a Soviet nuclear physicist proposed an outlandish theory that trios of particles can arrange themselves in an infinite nesting-doll con

More than 40 years after a Soviet nuclear physicist proposed an outlandish theory that trios of particles can arrange themselves in an infinite nesting-doll configuration, experimentalists have reported strong evidence that this bizarre state of matter is real. I think it's quite awesome that Vitaly Efimov lived to see his theory being proved (or, at least, to see strong evidence in its favor). It always makes me sad when I read about scientists who made great discoveries just to be laughed at until their days end, and then their theories are proved after they are dead. A classic example is Alfred Wegener, who postulated continental drift just to be ridiculed., but of course there are many, many others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener Another, even more tragic story is that of Ignaz Semmelweis, who not only pioneered antiseptic procedures in hospitals, but, to my mind, proved their effectiveness beyond any reasonable doubt, was rejected, and died tragically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis