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The most surprising thing is that the whole chain of events seems to have been nobody's intent. From wikipedia: Chalfie and Tsien invited Prasher and his wife,
by Zeebrommer 12y ago
The most surprising thing is that the whole chain of events seems to have been nobody's intent. From wikipedia:
Chalfie and Tsien invited Prasher and his wife, Virginia Eckenrode, to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony, as their guests and at their expense. All three of the 2008 Chemistry laureates thanked Prasher in their speeches.
In June 2010, Prasher was finally able to return to science, working for Streamline Automation in Huntsville until December 2011, then from 2012 on, in Roger Tsien's lab at the University of California in San Diego.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Prasher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Prasher)
- enziobodoni 12y agoAs someone who got my PhD in Roger Tsien's lab at that time and attended the Nobel ceremony, I strongly agree with this comment, that it was no one's intent. Many people interpret this story as though Tsien or Chalfie stole something from Doug Prasher, which isn't true. This is more a story that science is hard, people don't always follow through on projects, and there is also some luck involved. There are plenty of "fourth" people who didn't get Nobel Prizes.
- jpmattia 12y ago> There are plenty of "fourth" people who didn't get Nobel Prizes. It would make for an interesting topic of its own. I know at least two myself.
- untilHellbanned 12y agoI agree this "forgotten wo/men" would make a great blog. Important in science, startups, athletics, essentially every competitive endeavor.
- gmarx 12y agoThe the woman who grew the DNA crystals that enabled Watson and Crick to do their model. Almost all scientific progress is an extended team effort both laterally and vertically in time. You have the draw the line somewhere. If they gave each prize to 100s of people, we would lose interest. They also don't award it posthumously
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