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Kantha, Sachi Sri
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 108, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1032-1033Abstract
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- Humour on Einstein as Expressed in Limericks
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 108, No 6 (2015), Pagination: 1170-1172Abstract
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) spent the final 35 years of his life as the most recognizable scientist of the 20th century. Though limericks were (are) conventionally associated with bawdy themes, limerick poets did prove that even Einstein's physics can be tackled with such poems. In this study, I analyse 22 limericks which describe Einstein's theories of relativity, quantum field theory, his personality, his brain and an unsuccessful attempt to disprove his theory. I conclude that the internet had liberated limericks to an extent that it may not be wrong to conclude that Einstein fans can anticipate numerous limericks in the future as well.Full Text
- Primatological Studies by Medicine Nobel Laureates
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
2 Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama City 484-8506, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
2 Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Kyoto University Primate Research Institute, Inuyama City 484-8506, JP
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Current Science, Vol 109, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 810-813Abstract
Primatology studies of the past 140 years can be tentatively categorized into three distinct periods-classical (1876-1930), ascendant (1931-1981) and restrictive (since 1982). We define a primatologist as one who has published research conducted on nonhuman primates in peer-reviewed science journals. From this definition, among the total of 207 Nobel laureates of medicine (from 1901 to 2014), we identified 14 as primatologists. We also identified seven more Nobel laureates of medicine who had occasionally reported research on nonhuman primates. If Charles Sherrington was the most influential medical primatologist in the first half of the 20th century, then Carleton Gajdusek was the most prolific medical primatologist in the second half of the 20th century.Full Text
- Subhuman Primates in Shakespeare's Oeu
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 106, No 7 (2014), Pagination: 1021-1024Abstract
Since this year marks the 450th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), I provide a synopsis on how primatology-linked words had been used by him. Ape, monkey, baboon and marmoset are the four words relating to subhuman primates which occur in Shakespeare's oeuvre. Inferences derived were: (1) Shakespeare was unaware of the existence of 'real apes' as we understand now. Thus, his cavalier use of the 'ape' word for monkeys can be exempted. The word 'monkey' was gaining prominence as a popular generic word in English, only just before he began writing his first plays in 1590. (2) Occasionally, he had used either 'ape' and 'monkey' or 'baboon' and 'monkey' combinations adjacently. (3) 'Nape' was an earlier form of 'ape' in Middle English. In four occasions, Shakespeare had used the word 'jackanapes' as a contemptuous term. (4) True to prevailing period trends, Shakespeare also made use of ape or monkey motifs for contempt, endearment, imitativeness and sorcery.Full Text
- Beware of Phony Prophets who Pretend to Teach Scientific Writing
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 108, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 9-9Abstract
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- Random Thoughts on the 100 most Cited Papers from 1925 to 2008
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 109, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 1545-1548Abstract
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- Why Research Papers should not be Anonymous?
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1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Center for General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 112, No 03 (2017), Pagination: 451-451Abstract
I read with interest the opinion piece in Current Science entitled 'Would scientists be willing to write anonymous papers?. Here I provide my contra opinion to this view. A vital reference not cited in ref. 1 is that of Kronick, who had provided a historical background to anonymity among 18th century scientists, including that of Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles Darwin), Edward Jenner and Benjamin Franklin, as well as the motivations for such anonymity.Full Text
- Acknowledgements in Francis Crick’s Papers Appearing in Science Journals
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1 Section of General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
1 Section of General Education, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JP
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Current Science, Vol 112, No 08 (2017), Pagination: 1768-1771Abstract
Apart from citation counting, the study of recorded acknowledgements by researchers as a recognizable metric to evaluate peer influence is currently gaining momentum. As a metric, acknowledgements have an advantage over citations. Whereas citations can be copied and pasted from one publication to the next by an unscrupulous researcher without being studied in depth, acknowledgements cannot be lifted in such a duplicitous style. Here I present an exploratory survey of acknowledgement patterns in journal papers by Francis Crick. Five principal categories (namely, moral, financial, editorial, instrumental/technical and conceptual) were studied from 104 papers authored by Crick, either solely or collaboratively, over a span of five decades. To the best of my knowledge, there are no earlier studies where acknowledgement patterns of a well-recognized interdisciplinary scientist are reported cumulatively.Full Text
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- Plethora of Genius Types in Paper Titles
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1 United Graduate School o f Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 5011193,, JP
1 United Graduate School o f Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 5011193,, JP
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Current Science, Vol 115, No 7 (2018), Pagination: 1244-1245Abstract
In an exploratory study on the appearance of the word ‘genius' in paper titles, I found that at least 29 adjective qualifiers had been used by the authors. These adjective qualifiers to the noun ‘genius' range from asexual to unrecognized. Individuals readily recognized like Michelangelo and Einstein share the billing with persons with extreme notoriety like Brown-Sequard a nd Hitler. Few intellectuals like Freud and Oliver Lowry had the humility to reject this ‘genius' honour.Full Text
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