Satyendra Nath Bose died in 1974. It is against the rules of the Noble award to issue this prize to a dead man, but such an award has been done under unusual circumstances.
Cheers: Axil On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The article is by Vittorio Violante. It starts on p. 23. Pretty good > > Yes. I very much enjoyed: > > "The target was achieved and the existence of the effect is no longer in > doubt." > > Can Fleischmann have his Nobel now, before he passes? You can give it > to Higgs and Bose next year. > > T > >
