August 1, 2007

Help! I am the victim of a Plagiarism ring

Philip Gibbs

I know plagiarism is a very serious matter for people in academia but I must admit that I was more amused than shocked to be informed that I am a victim in a notorious case. If you follow this SPIRES search you should see one of my papers called "A White hole model of the big bang". Then there is another paper by some other authors that says it has been removed because it plagiarises mine. >>>

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