{"id":759,"date":"2012-08-14T18:18:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=759"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:27:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:27:30","slug":"how-to-become-a-science-hall-of-famer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/how-to-become-a-science-hall-of-famer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to become a Science Hall of Famer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was browsing through the latest issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a> and poking around its website when I discovered a <a href=\"http:\/\/video.sciencemag.org\/SciOriginals\/744533805001\/2\">video<\/a> about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/site\/feature\/misc\/webfeat\/gonzoscientist\/episode14\/index.xhtml\">Science Hall of Fame<\/a>.\u00a0 This hall of fame lists approximately 4,000 scientists whose names have appeared the most frequently in books over the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 on the list are:<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/08\/AliceBookCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-803 alignleft\" title=\"AliceBookCover\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/08\/AliceBookCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/513124\/Bertrand-Russell\">Bertrand<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/513124\/Bertrand-Russell\"> Russell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/151902\/Charles-Darwin\">Charles Darwin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/181349\/Albert-Einstein\">Albert Einstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/97087\/Lewis-Carroll\">Lewis Carroll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/62382\/Claude-Bernard\">Claude Bernard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/345965\/Sir-Oliver-Joseph-Lodge\">Oliver Lodge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/277743\/Sir-Julian-Huxley\">Julian Huxley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/448102\/Karl-Pearson\">Karl Pearson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/71670\/Niels-Bohr\">Niels Bohr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/59564\/Alexander-Graham-Bell\">Alexander Graham Bell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to John Bohannon, one of the creators of the Science Hall of Fame, the data used to compile the list provides a few unexpected career tips for individuals who wish to be famous among the popular masses.\u00a0 One of these tips is to write a best-selling book.\u00a0 Read Bohannon\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/331\/6014\/143.3.full\">ar<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/331\/6014\/143.3.full\">ticle<\/a> for all the details.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/meeg-el\/2690770216\/\">Meeg-el<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was browsing through the latest issue of Science and poking around its website when I discovered a video about the Science Hall of Fame.\u00a0 This hall of fame lists approximately 4,000 scientists whose names have appeared the most frequently &hellip; 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