Right. Well, that's the forum 'conspiracy' brigade for you. Forum fungus.

I'd never heard of Dr. Klager., but there's quite a bit of info on the net.

BrianPatrix has a good point that in most cases, the most productive years for scientists are in line with the most productive years for most non-scientists (isn't it true that the Nobel prizes and similar honours are almost always awarded for work done by the under 50's?). I don't agree, though, that there are no exceptions, and your example is a good one

"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once" - John Wheeler