On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:55 PM, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The so called *Peace Prize* (maybe the No.1 as added to Nobel's original > list) > The Peace Prizewas in Nobel's will to be given to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies", its the Economics Prize that was added much later. The reputations of many of the Peace and Literature Prizes have not stood the test of time very well, but the science prizes have done much better, although there have been some silly choices, like the 1912 physics prize to Gustaf Dalén for improving a lighthouse, and some glaring omissions, like snubbing Edwin Hubble and nobody getting a prize for the polio vaccine. And there should have been a mathematics Prize. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
