Sputnik = 1957, but the boom in Physics PhDs peaked in 1970, with a second peak in the mid 90s (from the aps):
So those 1970 PhDs are now in their late 50s. And, of course, everyone knows that physicists always do their best work when they are much younger. So, logically, these 1970 PhDs should retire. Right? Right?
O brave new quantum world!
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Is NSF as bad as the NIH? I guess I was…uh…30 when I got my first NSF grant.
Wrong, Dave! Yah gotta watch that dreadful Ben Affleck (sp?) film The Town!
Fergus ‘Fergie’ Colm: You know ,it’s funny … I can see your daddys’ faces in yah … all of yah … reminds me I’m still in th’ ring … still takin’ th’ poonches … still ahead on points!!!”
On the other hand … pretty much everyone, young and old alike … appreciates that nowadays “48 is the new 24” … when it comes to NIH and NSF first-award funding, at least! 🙂