Ivan Seeking
Oct6-04, 03:36 PM
I didn't see this story posted anywhere. :surprised
The Nobel Prize in physics will be shared by two California physicists and a Massachusetts colleague, thanks to their role in explaining the subatomic version of the old saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder. "
H. David Politzer of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and David J. Gross of UC Santa Barbara will split the $1.3 million prize with Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for their 1970s work in explaining what is known as the "strong force," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.
In 1973, they played a key role in developing the "completely new theory" known as quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, which mathematically explains how quarks behave, the academy said. [continued]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/06/MNG6294F1O1.DTL
The Nobel Prize in physics will be shared by two California physicists and a Massachusetts colleague, thanks to their role in explaining the subatomic version of the old saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder. "
H. David Politzer of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and David J. Gross of UC Santa Barbara will split the $1.3 million prize with Frank Wilczek of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for their 1970s work in explaining what is known as the "strong force," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.
In 1973, they played a key role in developing the "completely new theory" known as quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, which mathematically explains how quarks behave, the academy said. [continued]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/10/06/MNG6294F1O1.DTL