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- While the authors can see the nominations and some details of the process, important info about the deliberations will always be secret. Imo, sexism — whether overt or not — played a role in Wu not receiving the prize.
- Many people have wondered why the Chien-Shiung Wu never won the Nobel Prize for Physics. New findings from the Nobel archives, exclusively revealed in Physics World, show she was nominated 23 times by 18 different physicists - and yet was still left empty-handed. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/twenty-thr...
- Also, important to remember that there was nothing in Nobel’s bequest forbidding posthumous prizes. That’s a myth. The Nobel Committee could correct any of these omissions whenever they want.