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Isn't it strange to ask why Oppenheimer "missed" a Nobel prize while Harold Urey and Carl Anderson got one? It is Oppenheimer who is far more famous, and proba
by yongjik 12y ago
Isn't it strange to ask why Oppenheimer "missed" a Nobel prize while Harold Urey and Carl Anderson got one?
It is Oppenheimer who is far more famous, and probably made a bigger contribution to physics or the world. IMHO, it just shows that Nobel Prize is a poor means to measure physicists.
- javert 12y agoSocial distinctions such as Nobels will always be a poor means to measure anything whatsoever. Though of course they are sometimes right on the mark.