Nobel Laureates We’d Like to Forget (By Mark Strauss, National Geographic)
At the onset of Nobel Week, National Geographic presented our list of great discoveries that were incomprehensibly overlooked for the prestigious award. Now, as we enter day two, we take a look at the Nobel Laureates we could have done without.
Some failed to credit the female colleagues who had made their achievements possible. Others used their fame to promote junk science. And still others, under the guise of continuing their pursuit of knowledge, revealed their inner bigotry.