2017 Nobel Prize in Physics - Opinions and Expectations

[Orodruin]

Nobel's will does not have any mention of limiting the prize to three individuals (if anything the language seems to limit it to one awardee for work done in the preceding year, which is definitely not how things are done now): https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/will/

Yes, I was reading the statutes of the Nobel foundation, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

From section 4 of the statutes of the Nobel foundation:

Each prize-awarding body shall be competent to decide whether the prize it is entitled to award may be conferred upon an institution or association.

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundation/statutes.html

There is nothing stopping the foundation (except perhaps stubbornness) from awarding a science prize to an organization.

 

[SciencewithDrJ]

Hello,

The Nobel Prize in Physics is upcoming soon and I wanted to hear your opinions and expectations about some important discoveries or inventions which might end up receiving this most major prize in science. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Thanks.

This is a mind blowing achievement. The level of accuracy is astounding ( millionth of a meter!) Correction by mfb with thanks: one millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a meter. And to see their humble demeanor before announcing the discovery is the mark of admirable scientific attitude. And just to think that two black holes 1.3 billion light years away collided and caused such ripples only to be caught by laser beam reflectors today is a mind blowing achievement to say the least.

 

[mfb]

The level of accuracy is astounding (two millionth of a meter!)

A millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a meter. 0.000000000000000001 meters.

 

[SciencewithDrJ]

Ooops, yes, thanks for the correction.

It is one 10 thousands of the width of a proton, and a proton is 0.87 x 10 to the -15 power of a meter wide.