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Dates: during 1975-1975
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Angry Retort. In Cambridge, Hewish angrily retorted that Bell's name had been associated with the discovery from the start and labeled Hoyle's charge "untrue" and "ridiculous." An expert from the Nobel awards committee, Swedish Physicist Hans Wilhelmsson said, "We would have been happy to give the prize to this other person, but there wasn't enough reason to do so." Added Caltech Astrophysicist Jesse Greenstein: "Her role was like that of a part-time newspaper correspondent who spots a big fire but doesn't - or can't - do anything about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Nobel Scandal? | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

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