The Nobel prize has become such a joke in the last two decades I am surprised that rejecting it hasn't become the norm.
The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to a child molester, a supporter of international terrorism, and a president who had just been elected. In addition to these travesties there was also the "Inconvenient Truth" debacle. (I'm not denying global warming, I just don't think being a narrator warrants a medal and a million dollars.)
I think you might be talking about the Nobel Peace Prize?
That is fairly different to the other Nobel prizes. As an example of how different they are, the Noble Peace Prize is awarded by a Norwegian committee[1], whilst the other prizes are awarded by various Swedish committees[2][3][4].
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The Nobel prize has become such a joke in the last two decades I am surprised that rejecting it hasn't become the norm.
The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to a child molester, a supporter of international terrorism, and a president who had just been elected. In addition to these travesties there was also the "Inconvenient Truth" debacle. (I'm not denying global warming, I just don't think being a narrator warrants a medal and a million dollars.)
I think you might be talking about the Nobel Peace Prize?
That is fairly different to the other Nobel prizes. As an example of how different they are, the Noble Peace Prize is awarded by a Norwegian committee[1], whilst the other prizes are awarded by various Swedish committees[2][3][4].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Scienc...
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Assembly_at_Karolinska_In...
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Academy
What does that have to do with the physics prize?