Homer Jacobson
Homer Jacobson (born November 27, 1922 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a retired American professor of chemistry at Brooklyn College , New York .
In 1955 - two years after the Miller-Urey experiment - Jacobson had published an article entitled "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life" in the magazine "American Scientist". In this article, he claimed without evidence that lightning could be ruled out as a cause of biochemical processes.
In 2007 Jacobson became aware, through a search in Google, that his article, which he had since forgotten , was cited by fundamentalist-religious science opponents called creationists as evidence against evolution . He then withdrew his unproven and, according to current knowledge, incorrect statement. Jacobson also asked the editorial staff of American Scientist to withdraw this and one more passage from its 1955 publication.
Publications
- " Virustat, a Device for Continuous Production of Viruses ," Applied Microbiology , 14 (6): 940-952 (November 1966) with Leslie S. Jacobson.
- "The informational content of mechanisms and circuits," Information and Control , 2 (3): 285-296, September 1959.
- "On Models of Reproduction," American Scientist 46 (1958): 255-284.
- "Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life," American Scientist , p. 125 (January 1955)
- Retraction of two passages: Letter to the editor , American Scientist (November-December 2007); see also Cornelia Dean: '55 'Origin of Life' Paper Is Retracted , New York Times . October 25, 2007.
- " The Informational Capacity of the Human Eye ," Science 113: 292-293 (March 16, 1951).
- " The Informational Capacity of the Human Ear ," Science 112: 143-144 (Aug. 4, 1950).
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| SURNAME | Jacobson, Homer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist, professor of chemistry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |