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Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics?
- Jun8 15y agoThe economics prize wasn't in the original group, it was added some 60 years later.
- pavlov 15y agoThe Economics prize is a Cold War creation intended to emphasize Sweden's association with the economic system and values of the West. Alfred Nobel's heirs have consistently criticized its association with the original Nobel prizes. The official name of the prize is "The Swedish Central Bank's Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel".
- jaredsohn 15y agoAnd of course there isn't a Nobel Prize in computer science since the field wasn't well defined then. But the Turing award has similar criteria to Nobel prizes and is treated as the equivalent. http://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-there-a-Nobel-Prize-for-computer-science http://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-there-a-Nobel-Prize-for-comput...
- matthewsinclair 15y agoI was under the impression that the Fields Medal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal is what mathematicians would consider their equivalent of the Nobel Prize.