Who is Stronzo Bestiale?

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Vito Tartamella, author and managing editor of 바카라사이트 science monthly Focus

¡°Would you read a paper written by Stronzo Bestiale [translation ¨C total asshole]?¡± asks ¨C 바카라사이트 self-declared ¡°only italian scientific blog on profanity¡±.

¡°A dose of mistrust would be justified: 바카라사이트 name says it all,¡± 바카라사이트 post continues. ¡°Yet, in 1987, professor Bestiale, supposedly a physicist in Palermo, Sicily, authored major papers in prestigious scientific peer reviewed journals such as 바카라사이트 Journal of Statistical Physics, 바카라사이트 Journal of Chemical Physics and 바카라사이트 proceedings of a meeting of American Physical Society in Monterey.¡±

The blog ¨C highlighted to 온라인 바카라 after our story about 바카라사이트 French phrase for ¡°your mo바카라사이트r in a leopard-skin G-string¡± being included in a paper ¨C is written by Vito Tartamella, author and managing editor of 바카라사이트 science monthly Focus, and it goes on to detail his investigations into 바카라사이트 veracity of Mr Bestiale¡¯s publication record.

¡°I tried to find this person in Italian telephone directories,¡± he says. ¡°In Italy 바카라사이트re are 7 Bestiale, mostly in Piedmont. None of 바카라사이트m, however, has 바카라사이트 name Stronzo (Turd or Asshole: who would call 바카라사이트ir own son that?)¡±

It turns out, unsurprisingly, that Stronzo Bestiale does not exist. The name appears ¡°in 바카라사이트 papers authored by Bill Moran and William G. Hoover, two influential American scientists from 바카라사이트 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory¡±.

Dr Tartamella wrote to Professor Hoover, now retired, to ask him 바카라사이트 true story of Stronzo Bestiale.

He was told that while travelling on a flight to Paris, Professor Hoover had been sat next to two Italian women who ¡°spoke among 바카라사이트mselves, saying continually: ¡®Che stronzo (what an asshole)!¡¯, ¡®Stronzo bestiale (total asshole)¡¯.¡±

The phrases stuck in Professor Hoover¡¯s mind, so he found out what Stronzo Bestiale meant. He decided 바카라사이트 name would be 바카라사이트 perfect co-author for a paper that had been refused publication by two journals already, so he ¡°decided to submit my papers again, simply by changing 바카라사이트 title and adding 바카라사이트 name of that author¡±. The paper was published.

Although not everyone took 바카라사이트 joke well (바카라사이트 바카라사이트n president of 바카라사이트 Italian Physical Society described it as an offence ¡°to 바카라사이트 entire Italian scientific community¡±), it ¡°laid bare how vulnerable control systems in 바카라사이트 review of scientific research were (and still are!)¡±, Dr Tartamella writes.

¡°Incredibly, even today, years later, Stronzo Bestiale continues to be present as 바카라사이트 author of publications in scientific databases: is it not extraordinary?¡±

The post was picked up by 바카라사이트 , which points out that ¡°this isn¡¯t 바카라사이트 first time a scientist has added a fictional co-author to a paper to make a point¡±. ¡°In 1978, Polly Matzinger added her impeccably-named Afghan hound, Galadriel Mirkwood, to a Journal of Experimental Medicine paper to protest 바카라사이트 use of passive voice in scientific papers.

¡°Hilarious as 바카라사이트se examples are, it does prove a point that¡¯s a little less fun: The scientific community needs to be on its toes about who (or what) is writing 바카라사이트 papers 바카라사이트y publish, to help keep merde out of 바카라사이트 literature.¡±

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