Sir John Maddox (* 27. November 1925 in Penllergaer, Südwales; † 12. April 2009[1]) war ein britischer Chemiker und Wissenschaftsjournalist, Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Nature. Bearbeiten Lebenslauf Sir John Maddox studierte Chemie und Physik am Christ Church College in Oxford und am King’s College London. Von 1949 bis 1955 unterrichtete er Theoretische Physik an der University of Manchester. Bis 1964 bekleidete er dann die Position des Wissenschaftskorrespondenten beim The Guardian. Von 1964 bis 1966 war er Koordinator des „Nuffield Science Teaching Project“, bevor er den Posten des Herausgebers der Fachzeitschrift Nature übernahm. Diese Position hatte er von 1966 bis 1973 und noch einmal von 1980 bis 1995 inne. Zwischendurch war er von 1975 bis 1979 Direktor der Nuffield Foundation. 1990 untersuchte er zusammen mit James Randi und Walter Stewart (vom National Institutes of Health) die Homöopathieforschungen von Jacques Benveniste und zeigte schwere Fehler in dessen Experimenten auf.[2][3] Maddox wurde 1995 zum Ritter geschlagen und erhielt 2000 ein Ehrenstipendium für Forschungszwecke der Royal Society. Bis zu seinem Tode war er ein Unterstützer der British Humanist Association. Maddox war außerdem Mitglied des Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Maddox war mit Brenda Maddox verheiratet. Der Ehe entstammen die Tochter Bronwen Maddox und der Sohn Bruno Maddox. Bearbeiten Einzelnachweise ↑ Times Online: Sir John Maddox: Editor of Nature, 14. April 2009 (Nachruf) ↑ Maddox J, Randi J, Stewart WW: „High-dilution“ experiments a delusion (etwa: „Hoch-Verdünnungs“-Experimente (sind) eine Täuschung). In: Nature. Bd. 334, S. 287–291, PMID 2455869 ↑ Homeopathy Part 1 Bearbeiten Weblinks Literatur von und über John Maddox im Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek History of the Journal Nature: Nature — the Maddox years Normdaten: PND: 12282332X (PICA) | LCCN: n50043629 | VIAF: 79073688 | WP-Personeninfo Personendaten NAME Maddox, John KURZBESCHREIBUNG britischer Chemiker und Wissenschaftsjournalist GEBURTSDATUM 27. November 1925 GEBURTSORT Penllergaer, Südwales STERBEDATUM 12. April 2009


Israeli consul general tours tornado-damaged areas

From left, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and state Rep. John Merrill speak with Opher Aviran, the consul general of Israel to the Southeast United States, near Rosedale Court on Thursday.

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Authorities have released the names of the 31-year-old mother and her three young sons who were killed when a fire tore through their Utica duplex earlier this week.


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Jeffrey Jones, facing a possible sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for the death of 19-year-old Mercer Gadsden, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to his murder.

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An enormous tornado barreled through the Alabama city, wreaking enormous damage and killing at least 36 people

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