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Find out who will be the next Einstein
The Nobel Prizes aren’t due to be announced until next month but already predictions and odds-making are surfacing on the Web. Information provider Thomson Scientific has joined the fray with its annual predictions for this year’s 2007 Nobel Laureates. Thomson’s ISI Web of Knowledge database is used to identify influential researchers in the Nobel prize categories of chemistry, economics, physiology or medicine and physics, based on a citation and impact analysis of their published research.
This year’s “Thomson Scientific Laureates” includes one Canadian on the list: Arthur B. McDonald, Director, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute and Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, Queen’s University.
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However, keep in mind that just four of the 54 Thomson Scientific Laureates have gone on to win a Nobel Prize.
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