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  1. AG Tanyi's avatar

    Then my question is how many of ordinary mathematicians also qualify as artists of their profession…

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How Imperial College London drove a full professor to suicide

This happened in 2014, but I only discovered it last week.  Wikipedia has an account (with links to legit sources), including to the victimized professor's final post-mortem e-mail.   How widespread is this craziness in the UK?   Were any reforms undertaken at Imperial College in the wake of this scandal?

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