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Monday, September 24, 2007
2007 Nobel Prize in Physics
Time for pointless speculation. I suggest Michael Berry and Yakir Aharonov for the 2007 physics Nobel, because of their seminal work on nonclassical phase factors in quantum mechanics. Thoughts?
I always wanted to do a Nobel Prize pool, sort of like March Madness pools: something like $1-$5/entry, choose the name(s) of the winners and the work for which the prize will be given, then whomever is running the pool would, after the prize is announced, pick (up to 3) the entries that were the closest to the actual result.
I've been betting on Aharonov and Berry for about 5 years (and lost every time), except one year I heard some rumors about Gross-Politzer-Wilczek and I shifted my money to the strong horse. Anyway, Aharonov-Berry won the Wolf prize together in 98, and that is usually a good sign.
alan guth and andrei linde for inflationary cosmology
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to do a Nobel Prize pool, sort of like March Madness pools: something like $1-$5/entry, choose the name(s) of the winners and the work for which the prize will be given, then whomever is running the pool would, after the prize is announced, pick (up to 3) the entries that were the closest to the actual result.
ReplyDeleteI never got around to this, of course.
How about Grunberg & Fert for GMR?
ReplyDeleteHow about George W. Bush for his revolutionary views on atmospheric climate models?
ReplyDeleteAny votes for Hawking? [ducks to avoid flying rotten fruit]
ReplyDeleteI've been betting on Aharonov and Berry for about 5 years (and lost every time), except one year I heard some rumors about Gross-Politzer-Wilczek and I shifted my money to the strong horse. Anyway, Aharonov-Berry won the Wolf prize together in 98, and that is usually a good sign.
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Wow, Sujit, good call.
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