Comments on: The 2006 Nobel Prizes: Who, What and Why! http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:27:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Physics Nobel Prize 2006 - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-22786 Physics Nobel Prize 2006 - Asymptotia Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:10:29 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-22786 [...] [Update: See this post for a report on some talks about all three science prizes.] [...] [...] [Update: See this post for a report on some talks about all three science prizes.] [...]

]]> By: Chemistry and Medicine Nobel Prizes 2006 - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-22750 Chemistry and Medicine Nobel Prizes 2006 - Asymptotia Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:38:12 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-22750 [...] [Update: See this post for reports on some talks about these prizes.] [...] [...] [Update: See this post for reports on some talks about these prizes.] [...]

]]> By: TheGraduate http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-3920 TheGraduate Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:21:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-3920 "He stressed (and I paraphrase) that if you’re doing some experiments and your controls are persistently displaying anomalous results, don’t throw that experiment away!" I always get floored by a well executed experiment when somebody understands the experimental conditions so well that every little anomaly even the 'random' ones have been analyzed and categorized. It gives a nice sense of completeness. “He stressed (and I paraphrase) that if you’re doing some experiments and your controls are persistently displaying anomalous results, don’t throw that experiment away!”

I always get floored by a well executed experiment when somebody understands the experimental conditions so well that every little anomaly even the ‘random’ ones have been analyzed and categorized. It gives a nice sense of completeness.

]]> By: John Branch http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-3910 John Branch Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:16:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/10/the-2006-nobel-prizes-who-what-and-why/#comment-3910 This is the kind of thing that makes me miss being part of a university campus. This is the kind of thing that makes me miss being part of a university campus.

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