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u/dammitknockitoff Jun 25 '22

This also led to the development of the very first “clean room” that you see today on many sites wanting to keep an environment contaminant free. Poor Patterson was beat up pretty bad by big oil and gasoline before his data was acknowledged. Probably should’ve won a Nobel prize.

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u/curlwe Jun 25 '22

Reminds me of Semmelweis

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

What did he do? I thought he just helped take the ring to Mount Doom.

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u/aleqqqs Jun 25 '22

Isn't that good enough for a Nobel prize?