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==No Nobel Prize==
==No Nobel Prize==
The selection of Nobel Prize winners is a complex and mysterious subject, and not without occasional controversy. There have been a number of cases of people not being awarded a Nobel in decisions that many observers strongly disagreed with. Some of the better-known examples are Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Lise Meitner, Fred Hoyle, Rosalind Franklin, and Robert Dicke. The first two of these were asserted to be plain sexism. Fred Hoyle probably lost out at least in part because of offensive public comments about the Bell Burnell case<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/oct/03/fred-hoyle-nobel-prize</ref>. Roslind Franklin lost out because she died before she could receive the award. There is a hard-and-fast rule that the recipient must be living. (Peter Higgs waited nearly 50 years for the Higgs boson to be confirmed, finally winning his Nobel at age 84.)
The selection of Nobel Prize winners is a complex and mysterious subject, and not without occasional controversy. There have been a number of cases of people not being awarded a Nobel in decisions that many observers strongly disagreed with. Some of the better-known examples are Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Lise Meitner, [[Fred Hoyle]], Rosalind Franklin, and Robert Dicke. The first two of these were asserted to be plain sexism. Fred Hoyle probably lost out at least in part because of offensive public comments about the Bell Burnell case<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/oct/03/fred-hoyle-nobel-prize</ref>. Roslind Franklin lost out because she died before she could receive the award. There is a hard-and-fast rule that the recipient must be living. (Peter Higgs waited nearly 50 years for the Higgs boson to be confirmed, finally winning his Nobel at age 84.)
Achievements for which a Nobel is awarded must also stand the test of time. The Nobel committee does not like to find that something they awarded a prize for turned out to be wrong. So there is often a long delay, as in Peter Higgs' case.
Achievements for which a Nobel is awarded must also stand the test of time. The Nobel committee does not like to find that something they awarded a prize for turned out to be wrong. So there is often a long delay, as in Peter Higgs' case.