Yes, the Nobel prize is still the creme de la creme of prizes (in physics). Source: Me, a physics PhD student who has met a few Nobel laureates P.S. It's amaz

Yes, the Nobel prize is still the creme de la creme of prizes (in physics). Source: Me, a physics PhD student who has met a few Nobel laureates P.S. It's amazing how much universities and people like to affiliate with Nobel laureates just because of their award, and not their science. When I was at a university where a professor won the Nobel prize, he gave a talk identical to one held the previous year. Before the prize, about 10 people showed up. After the prize, hundreds showed up and couldn't fit in the room.