politeness

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/9/15 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>:
>   
>> Or more likely, imo, there would be no humans left _other_ than Stephen
>> Hawking.  (btw, in the interest of giving credit where due, it is Hawking
>> Radiation, or Bekenstein-Hawking radiation).
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks for that, I know that many times not all physicists get the
> credit that they are do. But calling it Bekenstien-Hawking radiation
> reminds me a lot of the term GNU/Linux :) By the way, having taken
> only introductory courses and not having a professional interest in
> the subject, I was unfamiliar with the tem Bekenstien-Hawkins
> radiation.
>
>   
It's just like the Doppler / *Fizeau* effect. :)

We French are attached to keeping the Fizeau name in there... :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Fizeau

Gilles



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