Japanese Nobel laureate shrugs off prize

Thursday 27th November, 03:07 AM JST

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soldave at 08:45 AM JST - 27th November

Good to see a gracious winner.
thepro at 08:45 AM JST - 27th November

Awwww, and after all that press coverage
mtt at 10:04 AM JST - 27th November

I don't blame him.

There are many researchers who were worthy of the prize, but ignored due to politics and others.
soldave at 11:41 AM JST - 27th November

mtt - examples?
electric2004 at 12:54 PM JST - 27th November

Then maybe he can give his share of the price to the Italian colleague, who was left out, but contributed a lot to the research topic.
bebert at 01:53 PM JST - 27th November

“The Nobel Prize is just a social event,”

Oh, no, no, no, what a misguided way to view such an award.

I recall a scientist in America who won the award in mid-life. He was giving evidence in the O.J. Simpson trial and being interviewed by the media. The press was questioning his current lifestyle - living in a beach house with his mistress, drinking, surfing and taking LSD. Each time the interviewer would challenge him on an aspect of his personal life, he would respond "Yes, but I have a Nobel Prize."

So the Nobel Prize is also a talisman of invincibility of sorts.
ptolemy at 08:07 PM JST - 27th November

“I pursued physics simply because there were intriguing questions I wanted to answer—not to win the prize,”

Then he slipped the check into his shirt pocket with a sanctimonious grin...