How To Win A Nobel: A three minute guide
How To Win A Nobel: A three minute guide Read the article Nature looks at 646 past laureates to work out who is statistically most likely to take home a medal By E mily Bates & Kerri Smith The Nobel prize has been awarded in three scientific fields — chemistry , physics and physiology or medicine — almost every year since 1901, barring some disruptions mostly due to wars. Nature crunched the data on the 346 prizes and their 646 winners (Nobel prizes can be shared by up to three people) to work out which characteristics can be reliably linked to medals. Your best chance of winning comes when you’re 54, the age of 24 recipients. The average age of all laureates is 58. The youngest winner was Lawrence Bragg, who was 25 when he won the physics prize in 1915, together with his father, William Bragg, for their work analysing crystal structures using X-rays. The oldest was John B. Goodenough, who won the chemistry prize in 2019 at the age of 97. It was awarded to him and two ot