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Nobel disease or Nobelitis is an informal term for the embrace of strange or scientifically unsound ideas by some Nobel Prize winners, usually later in life. [1] [2] [3] It has been argued that the effect results, in part, from a tendency for Nobel winners to feel empowered by the award to speak on topics outside their specific area of expertise, [4] [5] [6] although it is unknown whether ...
The Nobel Prize effect is also described as a consequence of public perception of the Nobel laureate, magnified by the worldwide exposure the laureate experiences.One example is for the Nobel laureate to be treated with reverence due to perception that the laureate has authoritative knowledge about any subject outside the field in which they won the prize.
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ d ə ʃ ɛ k / GHY-də-shek; [1] September 9, 1923 – December 12, 2008) was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient (with Baruch S. Blumberg) of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on the transmissibility of kuru, [2] implying the existence of an infectious agent, which he named an 'unconventional ...
Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel [1] and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work with split-brain research.
The episode finds Sheldon and Amy receiving a Nobel Prize in Physics, and Penny reveals she is pregnant. Sarah Michelle Gellar guest stars as herself. The Stockholm Syndrome was watched by 24.75 million total viewers in the United States and garnered positive reviews from critics.
TIL about "Nobel Disease", a tendency for some Nobel Prize winners to adopt unfounded, pseudoscientific beliefs, often outside their areas of expertise. Image credits: TanglimaraTrippin #35
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the first time in 1949. Although he received a total of 17 nominations (1949–1953) [2] in his career, he never won the prize. [3] [4] Selye died on October 16, 1982, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He often returned to visit Hungary, giving lectures as well as interviews in ...
The prizes have been awarded with a few interruptions since 1901, though the Nobel economics honour is a later addition in memory of the Swedish businessman and philanthropist, who had made a ...