verrip1
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Post by verrip1 on Jan 9, 2011 18:53:18 GMT -5
Kid:
You and your physics partner need to write a letter to the publisher of that article, giving as much attached support as possible. Publishers do care and may even print your letter in a future issue of their journal. This guy needs to be brought to the attention of the scientific community.
Also take the letter to the Academic Dean who directs the biology program at your University and let him/her know about what kind of person they have in their program.
These sorts only get by if allowed to screw people because victims won't complain about it.
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Post by kinetickid on Jan 9, 2011 18:56:30 GMT -5
"For me sometimes its about looking at my life and thinking damn this is not how I had planned this. I know that life has a way of working out differently than I planned but that doesn't mean I'm always thrilled with it. " Thinking this way has hurt me too especially for milestone birthdays. Maybe I need to set the bar lower and celebrate that I'm still alive and OK. KK, its not chocolate but fewer calories. I'll send you a karma point later today as a pick me up. My exalter is recharging. Regarding the birthday thing: it just serves as a reminder of how far off track I am, goal-wise (having a kid and doing the SAHM thing are a big part of that). Especially in physics, age does matter (though less so if you have tenure). The "lore" in our culture--physics culture, that is--supports the idea that the greatest minds did their greatest work around 26 or 27 years of age, and it's generally accepted that there's a general erosion of mental faculties as time goes on. So being an "older" person applying to a good physics program (like, top 20 or so) works against me. Being a mom doesn't help me get into grad school, either. Being so off-track in terms of my education/career means that I have less retirement savings, job opportunities, etc. At this rate, I'll be lucky to have my PhD by the time I turn 40 (40 isn't generally old, but when you're competing against 28 year-olds for jobs, it CAN matter). That leaves me relatively little time to save for retirement, pay off a house, pay off student loans, etc.
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Post by kinetickid on Jan 9, 2011 18:59:28 GMT -5
Kid: Also take the letter to the Academic Dean who directs the biology program at your University and let him/her know about what kind of person they have in their program. I thought I had mentioned this before, but perhaps I didn't: the biologist is at a different university (the physicist I work with met the biologist at a conference last year, which is how they came together to work on this model).
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Post by kristi28 on Jan 9, 2011 19:26:08 GMT -5
KK: Sorry that this happened to you. It has happened to me twice - once with a collaborator who should really have known better. However, remember that you learned a lot, impressed the physicist (that matters more to your field than the other scientist) and have some good ideas for further work.
It sounds like you are working on something very mathematical. Is this what you are interested in? (Most physicists that I know are good at math, but hopelessly behind the times. Could be their age, however).
Hugs!
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Post by kinetickid on Jan 9, 2011 20:32:25 GMT -5
KK: It sounds like you are working on something very mathematical. Is this what you are interested in? (Most physicists that I know are good at math, but hopelessly behind the times. Could be their age, however). Hugs! Yeah, it's mathematical. We found the analytical ("exact") solutions to the Biologist's model--at least for the simple cases for which a solution could be found--and I did some computer simulations (writing code, etc.) so we could observe the model's behavior for those conditions for which there is no analytical solution. Yeah, I'm interested in mathematical modeling. I also like statistical mechanics.
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