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Or maybe he's another Edison. I mean, he's likely the nominal inventor: other people do the research, but only his name appears on papers.

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Any of 5 or so of those patents would win a Nobel Prize if real. And any PhD working with/for him would have strangled him already if he left contributors off.

Nobel prize is a measly sum of money split among all contributors, plus some fame.

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