Re: Savants & a Nobel Prize

In article <1142566015.664662.101930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "manny" <freshmanorb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In article <1142553431.448362.304990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "manny" <freshmanorb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Gell-Mann was said to have amazing calculation abilities making him
discover the amazing symmetries in gauge theories where he made
sense of the particle zoo where they formed a pattern ultimately made
of quarks.

People with savant syndrome have amazing calculation and analytical
abilities. Some intelligence agencies even hired savants to crack spy
codes.

Now a question.

Supposed a savant genius discovered something important in physics
like making an equation that can produce the constants of nature
and he doesn't have any physics degree. Can he win a Nobel Prize?
If he can. What category of it can he fall under. If he can't be put
in the Physics Nobel Prize categority. Can he be moved elsewhere
like Nobel Peace Prize, etc?

I heard a Nobel Prize is worth 10 million dollars now and if I meet
a mathematical genius savant and invest in him (hoping to get a
percentage of his $10 Million Nobel money) and let someone
tutor him on physics. Can he win a Nobel Prize if he discover
something very important but without the genius savant having
any physics degree?

There is absolutely no requirement of a degree, for a Nobel prize.
And, no, it is not worth $10M.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | chances are he is doing just the same"

Here, it's mentioned that beginning year 2001, the prize is worth $10
million.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel/amounts.html

That will be for the total awarded each year, not for any single
prize. Note that there are six prizes awarded.

Where is it written that a degree is not needed?

Where it is written that one is needed?

Is that why so many crackpots here are busy with their delusions
because they are aiming for the prize?

Maybe.

By any chance, has there been any Nobel winner in the
history of Physics or Chemistry who doesn't have a degree but one of
those intrinsic savant geniuses who has solved some problems?

I really don't know. There were people who got their prize on work
they did as graduate students.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | chances are he is doing just the same"
.

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