阿尔文的贡献和他的遭遇
本帖最后由 愚石 于 2010-9-5 15:55 编辑现在,大概每一个搞天体物理的学者都知晓阿尔文和阿尔文波。他是1970年诺贝尔物理奖的获得者。有关他的介绍,参见:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Alfv%C3%A9n 和
http://baike.baidu.com/view/86842.htm?fr=ala0_1
阿尔文(Alfven)提出过磁冻结理论,是磁流体电动力学(MHD)的创始人。但是,在他创立磁流体电动力学的过程中,曾经受到过很多资深专家的阻挡,致使他的大多数论文都被主流杂志拒绝了,只能发表在小杂志上面。可以说他曾深受同行评审体制之害。从他的经历可以看出,很多制度对于我们都是利弊兼有,同行评审体制(peer review system)也不例外。估计前些年佩雷尔曼的有关庞加莱猜想的论文也是通不过同行评审,不得不撂到了arXiv上面。
把维基上阿尔文的有关经历拷贝在这里:
Alfvén's work was disputed for many years by the senior scientist in space physics, the British-American geophysicist Sydney Chapman. Alfvén's disagreements with Chapman stemmed in large part from trouble with the peer review system. Alfvén rarely benefited from the acceptance generally afforded senior scientists in scientific journals. He once submitted a paper on the theory of magnetic storms and auroras to the American journal Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity and his paper was rejected on the ground that it did not agree with the theoretical calculations of conventional physics of the time. He was regarded as a person with unorthodox opinions in the field by many physicists, R. H. Stuewer noting that "... he remained an embittered outsider, winning little respect from other scientists even after he received the Nobel Prize..." and was often forced to publish his papers in obscure journals. Alfvén recalled:
When I describe the according to this formulism most referees do not understand what I say and turn down my papers. With the referee system which rules US science today, this means that my papers are rarely accepted by the leading US journals. 这个,我了解很少的说…… 本帖最后由 愚石 于 2010-9-5 21:26 编辑
曾经受到过很多资深专家的阻挡,致使他的大多数论文都被主流杂志拒绝了。
这句话很难理解,原来资深专家都在主流杂志任职编辑职位的么?
shangding 发表于 2010-9-5 20:34 http://www.astronomy.com.cn/bbs/images/common/back.gif
主流专家不一定在杂志社任编辑,但主流专家几乎都是杂志社稿件的审稿人或者兼职的编委,杂志社的编辑都是把稿件送给主流专家,让他们对稿件进行审查,因此他们就对稿件有了生杀大权。这种制度就叫做“同行评审体制”(peer review system)。
从维基的介绍中可以看出,在相当长的时间内,阿尔文一直被认为是个异端,不被尊重,被迫把稿件发表在小杂志上。 膜拜~等离子物理的权威人物!!!::070821_09.jpg::
他老人家还做了不少关于太阳系起源的研究~
可惜了像这样的专才!MS目前好多所谓的主流的学术杂志都是美英的那些专家所创办或控制的。只要他们觉得爽,就可以任意过滤任何文章,尤其是来自社会主义国家的学者!所以,中国直到现在都还没人能获诺贝尔奖,当然还包括一些内在因素。。。::070821_17.jpg::
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