Metamaterials Critique

alence

很有意思的一本书，质疑人工材料（Metamaterials）的，09年2月出版，出版社是John Wiley & Sons, Inc.作者是IEEE Life Fellow，他的研究领域包括

Dr. Munk’s research interests include designing radome materials with both excellent electrical properties and good mechanical rigidity. He specializes in electromagnetic scattering in such areas as periodic surfaces, phased arrays, special absorbers, hybrid and metallic radomes, as well as Dichroic Surfaces.

特别有意思的是他在该书的最后一章即第六章里提出了很多蛮有趣的问题（譬如论文是不是科学研究的最终目的？科学家的动机是什么？我们已经在自我欺骗的道路上走了多远？难道没有人怀疑什么吗？）并在附录A中附上了他于2003年被IEEE T-AP拒绝的文章，他坚信自己的文章是正确的（他在下面这段话里说得很直白：他没有晋升的需要，<已经是IEEE终身会士了嘛>，不在乎一两篇文章，事实上他希望能早点退休）。

As far as the actual rejection is concerned, there were a total of three
reviewers. One found it interesting (although at times a bit polemic!),
while the other two were adamantly against it. One of them even stated:
“This paper should never be published, not even in the magazine.” (Sorry,
Ross, despite all the wonderful articles you have brought us over the years,
this is what he said!)
Since my next promotion hardly depends on publication of a paper or
two (after all, I am long retired), I decided not to waste my time fighting
a couple of incompetent reviewers (they were simply a gold mine for one
of my favored entertainments: common misconceptions). I believe the
paper was important in 2003 and even more so today, five years later. So
here it is for readers to judge for themselves. You may find the language
a bit “juicy” at times. For example, the two “negative” reviewers were
somewhat upset by my remarks at the end of Section 6.

yiyun105

有意思，就先看看，谢谢楼主分享。

ntuNB

这本书是个好东西

ntuNB

好东西继续分享

caltech_usa

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