tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post1864090256465506840..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Unearned authorshipAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-81768540217363864012009-03-23T03:05:00.000+05:302009-03-23T03:05:00.000+05:30Really nice article! For physicists of the stature...Really nice article! For physicists of the stature of Alpher, Bethe and Gamow, in retrospect, it hardly mattered whether they were gifted authroship or not! But it is potentially a very serious problem (or otherwise, depending on what is the nature of gifting authorship) if a graduate student or a young faculty is forced into gifting authorship. Here is a detailed and excellent analysis of the implications of giving credit where it is not due: <A HREF="http://law.richmond.edu/jolt/v12i3/article11.pdf" REL="nofollow"> http://law.richmond.edu/jolt/v12i3/article11.pdf </A><BR/><BR/>The author talks about what it means for the career of a scientist, and gives his perspective on the legal aspects of this phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-52571263825564390712009-03-16T12:02:00.000+05:302009-03-16T12:02:00.000+05:30Alpher hated it though. He was a grad student who ...Alpher hated it though. He was a grad student who did the work and felt he never got enough credit for the paper. and never forgave Gamow.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601135545973743747noreply@blogger.com