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The story I've heard is that Nobel's wife ran off with a mathematician, hence, no prize for that field.
by ambicapter 8y ago
The story I've heard is that Nobel's wife ran off with a mathematician, hence, no prize for that field.
- ColinWright 8y agoUrban myth: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-reason-there-is-no-nobel-prize-for-mathematics-had-nothing-to-do-with-any-wifemistress-of-alfred-nobel/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/10/the-reason-t... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-prizes-rite/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-prizes-rite/ https://www.quora.com/What-facts-are-often-presented-to-you-that-are-actually-completely-untrue https://www.quora.com/What-facts-are-often-presented-to-you-... https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/node50.html https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/node50.html