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Science > Physics |
| User: |
"Lubos Motl" |
| Date: |
05 Oct 2004 06:50:13 AM |
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Congratulations to Gross, Politzer, Wilczek |
This is about the 2004 physics Nobel prize...
Today I woke up a bit early, to see how they have decided at
http://nobelprize.org/
They decided correctly at last! We've been guessing Gross, Politzer, and
Wilczek as the strongest candidates for the physics Nobel prize at least
for five years. This time was different, and our belief was strong.
Gross and Wilczek in particular are continuing to be the leaders of the
field of particle physics. Wilczek is our colleague at MIT, and David
Gross is the director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in
Santa Barbara.
David Gross is also - I believe - the first string theorist awarded by the
Nobel prize. (Among hundreds of his important papers, he is a
co-discoverer of the heterotic string.) Well, the prize is not exactly for
string theory this time, but at least, it is for something that may be
dual to a string theory. :-)
You can read about the history of asymptotic freedom - that was
appreciated by the committee - in Gross' article "25 years of asymptotic
freedom" (well, now it's over 30 years)
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9809060
We hope that the stringiness of the awarded discovery will be better next
time; the beginnings are often modest, and string theory is the best
example. ;-)
Congratulations, Gentlemen, and thank you for your numerous contributions,
leadership, and excitement!
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