Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Englert and Higgs
is the nobel prize still the cornerstone of rewarding achievement in the sciences?<p>sorry to be so snarky, but i am genuinely interested, having long lost any trust in the peace prize comittee[0]. not to speak of the economics prize (which is not really a nobel prize [1])<p>[0] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureates" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laure...</a><p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economi...</a><p>edit: formatting