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Entry Posted January 23, 2008

http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/1511_st_atlas Where the winners of major science awards have come from over the last 20 years. (Mostly the US, and mostly US citizens, too.) 21:35

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Gulfstream – Beebo (beebo.org):
… http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/1511_st_atlas …

Junk Charts (junkcharts.typepad.com):
… Happy New Year The cosmos of university ranking got more interesting recently with the advent of the "brain map" by Wired magazine. This new league table counts the total number of winners of five prestigious international prizes (Nobel, Fields, Lasker, Turing, Gairdner) in the past 20 years (up to 2007); and the researcher found that almost all winners were …

Junk Charts (junkcharts.typepad.com):
… brain map …

Ron's Readings & Ruminations (rondowling.blogspot.com):
… I walked away thinking about science and the roll it plays in our American culture. I recently read where the U.S. and western Europe claim the majority of the world's high-profile science and tech prizes --- for now [Wired Magazine, Nov 2007, PG 98http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/1511_st_atlas]. The article went on to discuss the recent decline in PhD degrees in science handed out in the U.S., and postulates that the U.S. lead in the global brain trust may be in jeopardy. Concluding thought: SUPPORT SCIENCE every chance you can. Education, …

Strange Encounters (xenobiologista.com):
… pro-immigration. I still don't want to settle in the USA for the long term, but am very much of the opinion that other people should be able to if they want. And if you don't have foreign labour, who's going to mop your floors, pick your oranges, andwin all your Nobel Prizesfor you? *runs away* …

Pronetos (blog.pronetos.com):
… which universities are winning the major prizes …

Rachel's Blog (rachelmwynn.blogspot.com):
… Fascinated by the following today:Brain Mapping …

IFTF's Future Now (future.iftf.org):
… Mapping Who's Winning the Most Prestigious Prizes in Science and Technolog …

Cherney-Kirk-Elleker Visuals (mc-jk.blogspot.com):
… at how much ink it uses to display four variables: location, university, award name, and citizen or non. A bar chart or scatterplot might be more interesting. At least it's the right size and I didn't have to scroll around to look at the whole thing.The wired article is here. …

Wired Science - Wired Blogs (blog.wired.com):
… . After all, that is what the kids and their parents are paying for. I would love to read your comments about my commentary, but there is also an ongoing discussion about the film here. Link See Also:Map: Where the Most Prestigious Prizes in Science and Technology are Won …

Wired Issue 16.05: Get Smarter (www.wired.com):
… Mapping Who's Winning the Most Prestigious Prizes in Science and Technology …

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