Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Caltech/MIT/UCSB Scientists

[Ivan Seeking]

I didn't see this story posted anywhere.

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

 

[Clausius2]

The other day I think I saw a guy named Politzer writting something in this forum. Maybe he's a member...

 

[Gza]

David J. Gross of UC Santa Barbara

Thats my teacher. You gettem prof. Gross! UCSB rules!

 

[deltabourne]

Man I can't wait to win one of these :)

 

[Clausius2]

You will have a lot of luck if you win a science advisor medal here. That was the dream of my life. I do not need any nobel prize for ever and never.