Talk:Richard Gans

Assessment

This article gives a basic overview of the academic life of Richard Gans. It should at least be expanded with mention of Gans theory. Richard Gans is not a well known scientist and has had a limited impact on the development of science in the 20th century. As such, this biography is probably of low importance. Sentewolf 05:58, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

He was of fundamental importance for the development of physics in Argentina. With a self-efacing personality he navigated through totalitarian regimes both in Argentina (which was not a trivial achievement) and in Germany (where he was at the threshold of being slaughtered). These aspects should be expanded in the article on basis of (a) his biography as published by the University of La Plata in the CD cited in the references of the article, and (b) my memoirs, after publication, which will include a collection of subtle anecdotes illustrating his personality and his coping strategy under represive regimes. Without Richard Gans endurance of the Argentine political and social idiosyncracies, Argentine physics would still be "under the radar". Disclaimer: for obvious reasons I abstain from judging the importance and relevance of the article for Wikipedia. Jclerman 15:49, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

My sincere apologies; I did not mean to offend. Obviously you are an expert on the life and works of Richard Gans and have better insight in this matter. It appeared to me that a biography of Richard Gans - in the whole of the Wiki Physics Project - is probably of equal importance as the people and works related to him, of which some are marked as 'Low importance'. I mistakingly assumed that it was preferred to determine the importance of this and other articles, but I see now that actually many articles in the Physics Project are not. Perhaps it is better if I remove my classification and leave that to someone else? Again, I did not mean to suggest that Richard Gans was an insignificant person. My only reasoning was that in the whole world of Physics, his biography is possibly less relevant than, say, the gas constant. Sentewolf 23:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)