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When Does Information Become Knowledge?
- Title:
- When Does Information Become Knowledge?
- Creator:
- Wyatt, H. V. (Harold Vivian)
- Date:
- 14 January 1972
- Description:
- In this article, Wyatt utilized the 1944 paper by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty and the establishment of the field of molecular biology in the middle of the twentieth century to examine the factors that determine the transformation into knowledge within the context of scientific discovery. Among other things, the article suggested several factors for the oversight of Avery's work by the Nobel Foundation even while it had been so resolutely acclaimed by molecular biologists.
- Periodical:
- Nature
- Publisher:
- MacMillan Magazines
- Location:
- Box: 4. Folder: 7
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission from Nature. Copyright 1972, Macmillan Magazines Limited. and http://www.nature.com/nature/
- Genre:
- Articles
- Subject:
- History of Medicine, DNA, Transformation, Genetic, and Molecular Biology
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Relation:
- Reply to H. V. Wyatt, 1972 Avery in Retrospect, 1972 Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Robert C. Olby, 1972 Avery in Retrospect, 1972 Letter from Sewall Wright to Joshua Lederberg, 1973
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Periodical. Wyatt, H. V. "When Does Information Become Knowledge?" Nature 235, 5333 (14 January 1972): 86-89. Article. 4 Images.. Nature
- Legacy ID:
- CCGMGW
- NLM ID:
- 101584575X616
- Profiles Collection:
- The Oswald T. Avery Collection
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X616
- Story Section:
- After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community