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Defaming the dead: History and statistics [1]

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Deconstructing the work of famous scientists, many years after their passing, is a task that has been undertaken by many historians of science and writers of great distinction. A recent editorial in Nature (2011, 474, 419) notes that ‘it is impossible to libel the dead, but equally impossible for them to defend themselves’. There is a certain
excitement in following the trail of research published decades or even a century ago and discussing evidence for misinterpretation. (Editorial)

http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/10jul2011/5.pdf [2]

Publication Date: 
10/07/2011
P. Balaram [3]
Current Science [4]
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