Nobel Prize in Physics controversies
Controversies around the Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics controversies
Since the first award in 1901, conferment of the Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, has engendered criticism and controversies. After his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established that an annual prize be awarded for service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Similarly, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, first awarded in 1969, is awarded along with the Nobel Prizes. Nobel sought to reward "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind". One prize, he stated, should be given "to the person who shall have made the most important 'discovery' or 'invention' within the field of physics". Awards committees have historically rewarded discoveries over inventions: as of 2004, 77 percent of Nobel Prizes in Physics had given to discoveries, compared with only 23 percent to inventions. A major controversy-generating...
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