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Nature 456, 443 (27 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/456443a; Published online 26 November 2008

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What other treasures could be hidden in conference papers?

Min-Liang Wong1

  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
    Email: mlwong@dragon.nchu.edu.tw

In the obituary of Anatol Zhabotinsky (Nature 455, 1053; 2008), Irving Epstein mentions Boris Belousov, with whom Zhabotinsky shared the Lenin Prize in 1980 for their contributions to the Belousov–Zhabotinsky oscillatory chemical reaction system.Epstein says "Belousov tried to publish his results in peer-reviewed journals, but eventually gave up after referees and editors insisted that such behaviour contradicted the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

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