Nobel Prize
Template:Stub Begun in 1901, the Nobel Prize has been the highest honor for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature and peace. Economics was added as a prize in 1969.
The selection process has become political[Citation Needed], as the prize was not given to Ronald Reagan or Pope John Paul II, and has not been given to anyone who criticizes the theory of evolution. The Nobel Prizes for literature and peace are mostly given to outspoken liberals[Citation Needed], such as Jimmy Carter.
In at least two cases, the Nobel Prize was denied to persons who contributed greatly to a discovery that was eventually awared with a Nobel Prize.
One omission was for the British physicist Fred Hoyle. He was the leader[Citation Needed] on the project recognized with a Nobel Prize[1], but he was omitted from the recipients. Hoyle was an outspoken critic of the theories of chemical evolution.[2]
Another omission was for Raymond Damadian, another critic of the theory of evolution[Citation Needed], who invented the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, but was omitted from the award relating to that accomplishment.[3]
Recently, there have been proponents of an alternate scientific award given to scientists who support Biblical principles.[Citation Needed]
References
- ↑ 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics, which went to his coworker William Alfred Fowler and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for "his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe" and "his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars" respectively
- ↑ Fred Hoyle, The Big Bang in Astronomy, in New Scientist, November 19, 1981.
- ↑ http://whyfiles.org/188nobel_mri/