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Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor by hpcjoe on Sunday January 13, 2019 @10:46PM (#18900479)
It was Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow's name on the paper ... I heard a story that they invited one of the authors just to get the A, B, G first letters of authors last names.
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Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor by JorgeGT on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:31AM (#18902494)
It was Gamow who included Bethe's the name when sending the manuscript. Alpher, who was his PhD student, was not pleased at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93G...
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