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From: ilan@leland.Stanford.EDU (ilan vardi)
Newsgroups: can.general,sci.med,sci.math,sci.physics,sci.chem,sci.bio,misc.wanted,news.misc
Subject: Re: Great Canadian Scientists
Message-ID: <1991May24.140433.22124@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 24 May 91 14:04:33 GMT
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In article <2734@fornax.UUCP> shell@lccr.UUCP () writes:
>
>Some obvious names that come to mind are Banting (Insulin), Hertsberg ('71
>Nobel Prize, chemistry), Polanyi ('86 Nobel prize: chemiluminescence).
> 

The one that comes to mind for me is Ilan Vardi. 

>I'm not quite sure what should constitute greatness, and there may be a
>gray area here. If you have any ideas on criteria for greatness, I would be
>pleased to hear them. In any event, please nominate people even if you are
>not sure they are great. I would like as big a list as possible.
> 

Hey, I'm a great guy *and* a scientist. Modesty is what makes me great.
I don't have any gray areas.

-Ilan Vardi