On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 15:30 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> On Thu Oct 13 13:23:01 EDT 2011, virik...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 07:19:59PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote:
> > > And it's a chance that there is no Nobel for mathematics or computer
> > > science: no need to be deshonored by this mondaine crap.
> >
> > Or there are shameful "Nobel" prizes, like the economics, started by the
> > Bank of
> > Sweden taking profit of Nobel's name, and with very strong political biases,
> > denounced even by those receiving the award. And presented by the press
> > usually
> > neglecting these details.
>
> i'd be a little hacked off if my wife ran off with a mathematician, too.
> alfred just had the money to do something about it.
Supposedly that's an urban legend, as he - again supposedly - was never
married. Come to think of it that would explain why the prizes exist!
Wes
