Comment Re:Australian? (Score 1) 114
It is off topic but you need revision in ancient history. In ancient times every Greek city was independent. This form of city is called today city-state. There were numerous Greek city-states in south Italy and coastal Turkey which were as Greek as Athens was. Actually there were no Italian or Turkish country at all at ancient times. Only Persian (now Iran). Also, after Alexander's campain in Asia and Africa, Egypt came under the control of Greeks and became for many years a Greek cultural center (check wikipedia for the term hellenistic if you are interested to find out more). So it is regarded that Archimedes, Pythagorus, Thales and Ptolomy are Greeks who lived in Greek teritories although these areas do not belong in Greece anymore (I can't think of any country with the same borders after thousands of years).
On the other hand, Dr Papandriopoulos made his research (and probably his entire education) in Australia, so - no matter if his backround is Greek - he is for sure Australian researcher.
And somethning more. Research is carried out in wealthy and large countries because it demands lots of money.There is also research in not-so-wealthy and small countries like Greece but it is more difficult for such countries to produce impressive results.
