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{{QuoteBox|The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee; when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".}}

{{QuoteBox|The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee; when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".}}

{{QuoteBox|Up to 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded almost exclusively to Europeans and Americans. In retrospect, the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee may seem too narrow. Gandhi was very different from earlier Laureates. He was no real politician or proponent of international law, not primarily a humanitarian relief worker and not an organiser of international peace congresses. He would have belonged to a new breed of Laureates.}}

{{QuoteBox|Up to 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded almost exclusively to Europeans and Americans. In retrospect, the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee may seem too narrow. Gandhi was very different from earlier Laureates. He was no real politician or proponent of international law, not primarily a humanitarian relief worker and not an organiser of international peace congresses. He would have belonged to a new breed of Laureates.}}

===Raymond Damadian===

===Raymond Damadian===

A case in which a scientist openly voiced that he should have received a Nobel Prize was [[Raymond Damadian]]. In 2003, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to [[Paul Lauterbur]] and [[Peter Mansfield]] "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging".<ref>The Nobel Foundation: [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003/index.html The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003]</ref> Damadian, who had outlined the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to detect tumors in 1971, protested against his omission from the Prize and said that his "life's work has been stricken". He then took out full-page ads in several newspapers, describing his omission as a "shameful wrong". The first wave of ads appeared in [[The Washington Post]], the [[Los Angeles Times]], Dagens Nyheter (daily newspaper in Stockholm), and [[The New York Times]].<ref>The Chronicle: [http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i11/11a01401.htm Prize Fight]</ref> This action of Damadian's led one critic to observe that "There is no Nobel Prize for whining."  

 

A case in which a scientist openly voiced that he should have received a Nobel Prize was [[Raymond Damadian]]. In 2003, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to [[Paul Lauterbur]] and [[Peter Mansfield]] "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging".<ref>The Nobel Foundation: [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003/index.html The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003]</ref> Damadian, who had outlined the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to detect tumors in 1971, protested against his omission from the Prize and said that his "life's work has been stricken." He then took out full-page ads in several newspapers, describing his omission as a "shameful wrong". The first wave of ads appeared in [[The Washington Post]], the [[Los Angeles Times]], Dagens Nyheter (daily newspaper in Stockholm), and [[The New York Times]].<ref>The Chronicle: [http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i11/11a01401.htm Prize Fight]</ref> This action of Damadian's led one critic to observe that "There is no Nobel Prize for whining."  

A possible explanation of Damadian's exclusion could be that, even though it was one of the pioneers of using magnetic resonance in medicine, his work did not lead to the magnetic resonance ''imaging'' the Nobel Prize was awarded for.<ref>The Why Files: [http://whyfiles.org/188nobel_mri/2.html Nobel Prizefight]</ref>

A possible explanation of Damadian's exclusion could be that, even though it was one of the pioneers of using magnetic resonance in medicine, his work did not lead to the magnetic resonance ''imaging'' the Nobel Prize was awarded for.<ref>The Why Files: [http://whyfiles.org/188nobel_mri/2.html Nobel Prizefight]</ref>