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发帖数: 7349 | 1 No one under the age of 50 has ever been awarded the economics prize.
A mere nine of the 112 literature winners have been younger than 50. For
middle-aged scientists, the chances are relatively rosier, but have still
been declining over time, partly because they begin their research careers
later than they did in the 20th century.
Since 2000, only 8% of the award-winners in chemistry, physics and medicine
were under 50, compared with 36% of those who won the prizes in the last
century. Partly because discoveries nowadays are more often experimental
than theoretical, selection committees are waiting longer for a researcher's
discoveries to truly revolutionise a field before giving the award.
Faced with a long list of contenders, the Nobel committee may also prefer to
pick those who are older first, if only because the awards cannot be given
posthumously. | m**c
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