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Science and consensus: two heads good, three heads better.

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| May 01, 2006 | Sandall, Roger | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One man's experience is nothing if it stands alone.--C.S. Peirce

STEVEN WEINBERG'S article discussing Einstein's mistakes in the December 2005 Physics Today was characteristically measured and respectful. But to anyone interested in the zig-zag progress of science--its unceasing and methodical course corrections--a more revealing article had already appeared in the same journal that September. This was an account of Einstein's first experience of anonymous peer review. According to Daniel Kennefick it was an ordeal he had never been exposed to in Europe, and when he encountered it in America the great man didn't like it one bit.

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