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I believe on Wikipedia it is mentioned that the price was originally awarded soon after the discovery. However, after several occasions where a discovery awarde
by telotortium 10y ago
I believe on Wikipedia it is mentioned that the price was originally awarded soon after the discovery. However, after several occasions where a discovery awarded the Nobel price was later invalidated Kama they switch to the present practice of interpreting it as the benefits becoming clearer in the past year, rather than the discoveries.
- abecedarius 10y agoThanks for pointing that out -- the relevant section is the middle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Recognition_time_lag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize#Recognition_time_l...