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Mira

(22,380 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 10:22 AM Jan 2018

Well, I may not be very remarkable

BUT I AM AN IMMIGRANT - I'm not responsible for how "Nobel" is spelled the second time, but I believe the information is correct.
Found on facebook.

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Well, I may not be very remarkable (Original Post) Mira Jan 2018 OP

Great meme Gothmog Jan 2018 #1

Not true ... GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #2

Winning a Nobel prize in one's 80's is impressive, though. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #3

Not any more impressive than winning a Nobel at all caraher Jan 2018 #4

Gothmog

(145,231 posts)

1. Great meme

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 11:04 AM

Jan 2018

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

2. Not true ...

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 12:55 PM

Jan 2018

Kip S. Thorne

Born: 1 June 1940, Logan, UT, USA

Barry C. Barish

Born: 27 January 1936, Omaha, NE, USA

Jeffrey C. Hall

Born: 1945, New York, NY, USA

Michael Rosbash

Born: 1944, Kansas City, MO, USA

Michael W. Young

Born: 1949, Miami, FL, USA

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)

3. Winning a Nobel prize in one's 80's is impressive, though.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 12:57 PM

Jan 2018

caraher

(6,278 posts)

4. Not any more impressive than winning a Nobel at all

Reply to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:11 PM

Jan 2018

The prize has nothing to do with what the winner is doing today... frequently (especially in physics) it is awarded decades after the actual work, because it may have taken that long for it to be confirmed.

There are scientists who did not receive a Nobel mainly because they died before it was awarded (and there are no posthumous awards). Longevity actually confers a small advantage when it comes to winning this prize, that is independent of the significance of the work!

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