Talk:John R. Huizenga

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Created this page. An oversight that an article on this individual had not already existed.
 * Agreed. I was one of John's Ph.D. students, and he certainly met any reasonable standards for notability in his field.  Now that he's deceased (which I did not know until I read the article -- RIP, JRH), I'll see if I can dig up some biographical information to add to it. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 02:23, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

"Debunking cold fusion"
It is unfortunate that this topic occupies such a large fraction of John's article. He spent a very small portion of his career on it, and did little actual "debunking" experimentation himself, as it was obvious to him that the whole subject was nonsensical. His contributions to nuclear science were far more extensive, and far deeper, than that, and need to be added to the career section to provide a more accurate view of what he was all about. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 17:36, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikiproject:Physics "importance"
So winning a Lawrence medal and being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences don't satisfy the criterion of "people who made important contributions to their fields who are recognized by their peers. All physicists who won major prizes or awards besides the Nobel Prize"? Explain, please. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 15:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)