Journal article
The question of nepotism in the award of Nobel prizes: A critique of the view of Hans Krebs
Medical hypotheses, v 34(1), pp 28-32
1991
PMID: 2056924
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Abstract
While reviewing his development as a scientist, in 1967, Hans Krebs traced his scientific geneology to the von Baeyer 'family'. Almost every other member of this scientific family became a Nobel laureate. Krebs was of the opinion that there was no nepotism in the selection of the Nobel awards. This paper presents evidence, based on the recently released census of Nobel nominees and nominators for the chemistry prize between 1901 and 1937, that the von Baeyer 'family' of scientists had in fact practised a sort of 'nomination-nepotism'. © 1991.
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- Title
- The question of nepotism in the award of Nobel prizes: A critique of the view of Hans Krebs
- Creators
- S. Sri Kantha - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Medical hypotheses, v 34(1), pp 28-32
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medical College of Pennsylvania (1970-1993)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1991EV25600006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0025980117
- Other Identifier
- 991022201343604721
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