Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
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Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#2Apparently most commentators were expecting it. I wonder if there was a possibility that also the CERN team could be awarded the prize?
Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#3Apparently most commentators were expecting it. I wonder if there was a possibility that also the CERN team could be awarded the prize?
I think at most 3 people can be named for each nobel price.
Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#4Anyone with more insight know if this was overdue, but finally awarded after confirmation last year at CERN, or if it was pushed forward while last year's work was fresh in people's minds?
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#6Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#7Apparently most commentators were expecting it. I wonder if there was a possibility that also the CERN team could be awarded the prize?
I was just listening to the news, and apparently over 3000 people were more or less involved with the work at CERN. I don't think the physics prize has ever been awarded to an institution like the peace prize has been in the past, and I think the Academy simply chose not to break tradition.
Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#8They say that professor Higgs is shy and not at all comfortable with the attention and almost as hard to find as his particle.
Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
#9Anyone with more insight know if this was overdue, but finally awarded after confirmation last year at CERN, or if it was pushed forward while last year's work was fresh in people's minds?
The Nobel committee doesn't give out the prize for theoretical advances that aren't backed up by experiment. Since the data was not yet overwhelmingly conclusive at this time last year, this year's award was basically the earliest possible award date for a decades-old idea.