No, No Nobel: How to Lose the Prize: Brian Keating on Scientific American's Science Talk (#328)
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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The Impact of the Nobel Prize on the Public's Perception of Science
There was controversy as to whether Rosalind Franklin's family kept his death quiet in the hopes that he would be named a Nobel laureate. He did become a posthumous winner of the prize. "I feel like that's kind of, you know, grabbing these venality to scientists, which isn't really there"
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