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Nobel Prize week day 2: Physics!

Oct 05, 2021 07:39

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi. Manabe and Hasselmann were each awarded a quarter of the prize for their work "for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming," and Parisi was awarded half for "the discovery of the ( Read more... )

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beysactingcoach October 5 2021, 14:59:54 UTC

I love these OP! Hope whoever you want to win gets the prize

I used to work at Fermilab and met a couple of Nobel Prize winning physicists and like they were the nicest, most chill guys ever. Like I truly admire people who study physics like you out here understanding how our universe works, like you take "nothing" and make it something - insane.

marywebgirl October 5 2021, 15:04:57 UTC

I toured the Fermilab when I was in grad school! Such a cool place-it’s amazing how far you can see from the top of it.

galactoze October 5 2021, 15:56:50 UTC

I once held a talk in front of a Nobel price winning physicist during a team retreat in the middle of my masters and he was also so chill. Desirable. His research topic was so out of the world. My brain cannot comprehend it and he's just chilling

chaotic_n October 5 2021, 15:39:27 UTC

Wasn't really expecting this one, but I'm pleasantly surprised.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you go to school OP?

marywebgirl October 5 2021, 16:07:54 UTC

Northwestern. Chad Mirkin has been held up as a “future Nobel winner” since I was an undergrad there many years ago lol.

chaotic_n October 5 2021, 16:14:10 UTC

Omg yes! He gave a talk at my school a few years ago and he was so nice

galactoze October 5 2021, 15:53:52 UTC

Great thing to post about OP!
Climate science is exciting.
As a chemist I'm definitely excited about tomorrow. Hopefully it will be something not related to bio. There have been too many the last few years (in my non-bio opinion).

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bluedjinns October 5 2021, 16:39:12 UTC

When are they announcing literature? I was shocked they picked someone as accessible as Louise Glück last year, so I'm curious who's getting it next.