Science per head of population
May. 8th, 2006 06:01 pmHere is a surprising little thing that I just wasted spent my afternoon doing (instead of trying to earn an income -- dammit!!).
( how I worked this out and what it means )
( how I worked this out and what it means )
science pop. Nobels million Sci/pop country --- ------ ------- ------- 15 7 2.14 Switzerland 8 5 1.6 Denmark 12 10 1.2 Hungary 15 15 1 Netherlands 8 8 1 Austria 3 3 1 New Zealand 68 82 0.83 Germany 5 8 0.63 Sweden 28 59 0.47 United Kingdom 8 19 0.42 Australia 2 5 0.4 Finland 1 3 0.33 Ireland 85 275 0.31 United States 3 10 0.3 Czech Republic 3 10 0.3 Belgium 8 31 0.26 Canada 1 4 0.25 Norway 12 59 0.2 France 1 5 0.2 Israel 10 57 0.18 Italy 13 100 0.13 USSR and Russia 5 38 0.13 Poland 3 36 0.08 Argentina 3 43 0.07 South Africa 9 126 0.07 Japan 2 39 0.05 Spain 1 68 0.01 Egypt 1 100 0.01 Mexico 6 1261 0.005 China 3 1014 0.003 India