tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post2579708448198389281..comments2023-10-31T05:09:58.639-04:00Comments on maribo: Nobel Prizes for allUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-91889521548682144122007-10-13T00:21:00.000-04:002007-10-13T00:21:00.000-04:00http://climatechange3000.blogspot.comyou should al...http://climatechange3000.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>you should also look into idea of polar cities. google the term. Wiki it.and blog about my POLAR CITIES RESEARCH PROJECT....can do? even pro and con, just talk about them? email me at danbloom gmailDANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-49895012341707836902007-10-12T19:48:00.000-04:002007-10-12T19:48:00.000-04:00As I've noted elsewhere, as far as I can tell, the...As I've noted elsewhere, as far as I can tell, the last Nobel Peace prize to go to a scientist for doing science (as opposed to a scientist doing mostly something else, Like Linus Paulings nuclear test-ban efforts) was:<BR/><BR/>1970 Norman Borlaug<BR/><BR/>and unless I miss something, this is the first time they've given a Nobel Peace prize to a scientific organization for doing science...<BR/><BR/>However, I think calling Gore a figurehead has slightly wrong connotations, i.e., he took the time to talk to scientists and did a (mostly) good job of articulating what they said for a broader audience.<BR/><BR/>the way I'd put it is that one needs both to do the science and to communicate it.<BR/><BR/>The IPCC:Gore case could perhaps have a parallel with:<BR/>smoking researchers: Luther Terry, i.e., Kennedy's Surgeon General, who took an active role in pulling together a set of researchers (of whom 50% were smokers!) to do the 1964 report. Allan Brandt's "The Cigarette Century" includes a fine account of Terry's efforts to make that happen and get the word out, in the face of determined opposition (which of course continues). Anyway, Terry didn't do the research, but his political skills in making it happen were crucial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com