Lubos Motl
Oct5-04, 05:32 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Today I woke up a bit early, to see how they have decided at\n\nhttp://nobelprize.org/\n\nThey decided correctly at last! We\'ve been guessing Gross, Politzer, and\nWilczek as the strongest candidates at least for five years. This time was\ndifferent, and our belief was strong.\n\nGross and Wilczek in particular are continuing to be the leaders of the\nfield of particle physics. Wilczek is our colleague at MIT, and David\nGross is the director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in\nSanta Barbara.\n\nThe reason why this posting is not off-topic is that David Gross is also -\nI believe - the first string theorist awarded by the Nobel prize. (Among\nhundreds of his important papers, he is a co-discoverer of the heterotic\nstring.) Well, the prize is not exactly for string theory this time, but\nat least, it is for something that may be dual to a string theory. :-)\n\nYou can read about the history of asymptotic freedom - that was\nappreciated by the committee - in Gross\' article "25 years of asymptotic\nfreedom" (well, now it\'s over 30 years)\n\nhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9809060\n\nWe hope that the stringiness of the awarded discovery will be better next\ntime; the beginnings are often modest, and string theory is the best\nexample. ;-)\n\nCongratulations, Gentlemen, and thank you for your numerous contributions\nand excitement!\n_____________________________________ _________________________________________\nE-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/\neFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/384-9488 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>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 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.
The reason why this posting is not off-topic is that 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/http://www.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
and excitement!
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E-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/
eFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/384-9488 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)
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http://nobelprize.org/
They decided correctly at last! We've been guessing Gross, Politzer, and
Wilczek as the strongest candidates 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.
The reason why this posting is not off-topic is that 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/http://www.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
and excitement!
__{_______________________________________________ _____________________________}
E-mail: lumo@matfyz.cz fax: +1-617/496-0110 Web: http://lumo.matfyz.cz/
eFax: +1-801/454-1858 work: +1-617/384-9488 home: +1-617/868-4487 (call)
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