Template:Did you know nominations/Eugene Parker
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Eugene Parker
Eugene Parker in 2019
- ... that Eugene Parker (pictured) described the mathematics behind his revolutionary solar wind discovery as "just four lines of algebra"?
- Source: [doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41550-022-01686-z]
- ALT1: ... that Eugene Parker (pictured) never used computers for his research, never co-authored papers unless he personally reproduced all calculations, and never wrote papers with his own PhD students? Source: for reproducing the math and computers [1], for PhD students [2]
- ALT2: ... that astrophysicist Eugene Parker (pictured) had his 1958 solar wind theory dismissed by reviewers and widely rejected by the astronomical community, only to be confirmed just four years later by Mariner 2 spacecraft? Source: [3]
- ALT3: ... that when Eugene Parker (pictured) published his solar wind theory in 1958, it was rejected by peer reviewers and criticized by the astronomical community, but was confirmed by satellite observations within four years? Source: [4]
ALT4: ... that Eugene Parker's (pictured) 1958 solar wind theory—rejected by reviewers and dismissed by astronomers—was vindicated just four years later when Mariner 2 confirmed his predictions? Source: [5]- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Baker's Horse and Template:Did you know nominations/Siderian (in progress)
5x expanded by Artem.G (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 29 past nominations.
Artem.G (talk) 13:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC).
- A possessive construction must immediately be followed by what is possessed. For example:
- Albert Einstein's theory, not Albert Einstein's (pictured) theory
- A possessive construction must immediately be followed by what is possessed. For example:
- —Anomalocaris (talk) 09:34, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
This needs a review.--Launchballer 19:24, 2 December 2025 (UTC)