tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post5585542914232341794..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Wanted - best/funniest/strangest Acknowledgements sections from papersJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-77096487647136170632011-04-25T12:46:26.639-07:002011-04-25T12:46:26.639-07:00I acknowledged everything under the sun in my thes...I acknowledged everything under the sun in my thesis (including the commodore 64).gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377865921613196992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-36324358726763526592011-04-24T12:09:17.301-07:002011-04-24T12:09:17.301-07:00My dad tells the story of his late colleague Ken E...My dad tells the story of his late colleague Ken Eskins. Ken won an argument with an editor who was skeptical of a result, and in the end, Ken's article got published. In Ken's very next experiment, he proved himself wrong. The follow-up article included phrases like "Recently we reported what appeared to be..." and "In the present study we attempt to resolve that problem...."<br /><br />The best part of the article, though, is the acknowledgements section: "The authors wish to thank <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_crow" rel="nofollow">Edith Crowe</a> for helpful work in establishing equilibrium conditions."<br /><br />Eskins, K., McCarthy, S. A., Dybas, L. and Duysen, M. (1986), Corn chloroplast development in weak fluence rate red light and in weak fluence rate red plus far red light. Physiologia Plantarum, 67: 242–246. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1986.tb02450.xMatt Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245486837498826393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-71620604887140909172011-04-23T09:36:23.058-07:002011-04-23T09:36:23.058-07:00How about this one by Olin Shivers:
http://www.s...How about this one by Olin Shivers: <br /><br />http://www.scsh.net/docu/html/man.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-77390162112945364322011-04-23T09:34:36.973-07:002011-04-23T09:34:36.973-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-5089358550327256342011-04-23T03:56:15.156-07:002011-04-23T03:56:15.156-07:00"I thank the National Science Foundation for ..."I thank the National Science Foundation for regularly rejecting my (honest) grant applications for work on real organisms (cf. Szent-Gyorgyi, 1972), thus forcing me into theoretical work."<br /><br />Van Valen (1973). A new Evolutionary Law. Evolutionary Theory 1:1-30.Sara Brancohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943823929491065035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-35162646916020939692011-04-22T17:41:44.958-07:002011-04-22T17:41:44.958-07:00"We thank John R. Rohde and Raphael H. Valdiv..."We thank John R. Rohde and Raphael H. Valdivia for helpful comments, and R. Siffredi for constant support."<br /><br />http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1000005#ack<br /><br />If you don't wee what's funny about this acknowledgement, google "Rocco Siffredi" :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-71830596003826527612011-04-22T17:16:48.715-07:002011-04-22T17:16:48.715-07:00I once thanked Howard Ochman for 'pharmacologi...I once thanked Howard Ochman for 'pharmacological support' on a theory paper (in Nature!). He had given me a pound of excellent coffee beans.Rosie Redfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807912674127645263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-71546757213575261172011-04-22T14:54:35.725-07:002011-04-22T14:54:35.725-07:00Where's the example of the awkward acknowledge...Where's the example of the awkward acknowledgements section you read, Jonathan?Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05468906449552228640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-72848253346653734262011-04-22T14:33:56.368-07:002011-04-22T14:33:56.368-07:00"Sincere thanks to Enrico Bernard, Brock Fent..."Sincere thanks to Enrico Bernard, Brock Fenton, Moe Gregory, and John<br />Ratcliffe who graciously provided blood samples."<br /><br />Gregory, TR. (2000). Genome 43: 895-901.<br /><br />Moe being my cat.T Ryan Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028390880937952573noreply@blogger.com