Nobel dreams

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1. labor_savorOct 2017
   One could argue that the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the W and Z Bosons, given to Carlo Rubbia, was more for his leadership of the UA1 Collaboration at CERN. His co-winner, van der Meers, actually developed the technology to make colliding protons and anti-protons possible. The theory behind the W and Z was already given a Nobel Prize in 1979.

   EDIT: Rubbia is an interesting character in himself that some have said was a bit of an egomaniac and obsessed with getting a Nobel prize for himself. For a highly entertaining biography on him, as well as a look into the academic politics of a place like CERN, I recommend "Nobel Dreams" by Gary Taubes.

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2. healsdataMar 2010
   Taubes has definitely made a name for himself researching and reporting on bad science. After the parent article, he set his sights on nutrition in general:

   "What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-...) and "Good Calories, Bad Calories"

   Before all of that that, he wrote "Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion" and "Nobel Dreams: Power, Deceit and the Ultimate Experiment"

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