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Originally Posted by sjastro
Hopefully future Nobel Prizes will be directed to those who came up with the experimental design framework of where to look for the Higgs boson.
Their contributions are just as significant.
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Steven |
Indeed.
However it is often said that the committee generally errs towards experimental awards, and that this could reflect a relative nervousness about theory. Allegedly this is because a properly reviewed and replicated experimental result stands forever, while a theory is much more susceptible to being found wanting along way down the track (not an argument I am entirely convinced by, but there you go).
So as someone who leans more towards the theory and maths, I'm always pleased to see something like this.