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- From: arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus H Rodgers)
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- Subject: Re: Names and pictures
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:39:10 GMT
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- In <hubert.724997920@mike> hubert@mike.ucsb.edu (Hung-Hsien Chang) writes:
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- >>> I think it would be nice if the mathematical papers published on
- >>> journals contain the pictures of the authors as well. So people
- >>> will know the authors not just by name.
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- [...]
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- >Sometimes it would be admiration and respect. Also it is much more friendly
- >( if the author's picture is not angry-looking. ) when name is associated
- >with faces.
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- But think how many group portraits Erdos would have to have taken.
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