The Nobel Prize Dead Pool 2025/26

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8 hours ago, arghton said:

Chemistry: Yuan Tseh Lee 

Peace: Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Literature: Svetlana Alexievich

Medicine/Physiology: Satoshi Ōmura

Physics: George Elwood Smith

Economic Sciences: Bengt Holmström 

 

And polar duck has George E. Smith.

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On 19/12/2024 at 19:24, P94 said:

Medicine/Physiology: Pierre Agostini

Agostini is a physics laureate, the others are valid!

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On 01/12/2024 at 15:28, livingbygrace said:

The list is wonderful, but may I make a suggestion that as the names are picked that perhaps the names can be highlighted in a different color?  It might help people to be able to choose their picks easier especially when there are more players that come aboard, or if one of our picks die before the game starts and we have to choose a replacement.

All candidates, who are already chosen, are nor crossed out, to make it eay´sier to choose.

 

Please check the spreadsheet if everything is correct!

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Thanks for running this pool @WEP!

 

My list is made out of the oldest remaining candidates:

 

Chemistry - Martin Karplus
Peace - Muhammad Yunus
Literature - Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux
Medicine - Hamilton Othanel Smith 
Physics - Ivar Giaever
Economics - Robert Butler Wilson

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Thanks for running this pool again! Please see my picks below:

 

Chemistry: Gerard Ertl

Physics: Klaus Ferdinand Hasselmann
Peace: Mohammed ElBaradei

Literature: Jean Patrick Modiano

Medicine: Harvey James Alter

Economics: Peter Arthur Diamond

[Sean 6,589]

Chemistry: Dudely Robert Hershbach

Peace:Barack Hussein Obama Jr

Literature: Kazuo Ishiguro

Medicine:John Bertrand Gurdon

Physics:John Lewis Hall

Economics:Peter Arthur Diamond

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Just now, Sean said:

Economics:Peter Arthur Diamond

Thatcher already has Diamond.

Please choose another economics laureate

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1 minute ago, Sean said:

Chemistry: Dudely Robert Hershbach

Peace:Barack Hussein Obama Jr

Literature: Kazuo Ishiguro

Medicine:John Bertrand Gurdon

Physics:John Lewis Hall

Economics:Peter Arthur Diamond

Economics :George Arthur Akelrof

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@WEP I have replaced Jimmy Carter with 1987      Oscar Arias Sánchez       b. 1941.

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On 29/12/2024 at 09:57, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

Chemistry - Martin Karplus

If it's confirmed that Karplus just died, I'd like to pick Hideki Shirakawa to replace him.

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Chemistry: Roald Hoffman

Peace: Schirin Ebadi

Literature: Peter Handke

Medicine: Michael John Bishop

Physics: Jerome Isaac Friedman

Economic Sciences: William Dawbney Nordhaus

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3 hours ago, Hell said:

Chemistry: Hideki Shirakawa

Shirakawa already taken, please choose another one!

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On 30/12/2024 at 10:55, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

If it's confirmed that Karplus just died, I'd like to pick Hideki Shirakawa to replace him.

Please send me a link on the confirmation, since Karplus is still listed as alive!

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Happy new year everyone.

 

Pleas triple check the spreadsheed, there were some confusins New Year's night on Martin Karplus, who seemed to have died.

Since there is no confirmation, Shirakawa reamins nominee @Hell In case, Karplus death is confirmed, @ThereWillBeDeaths7 can nominate another chemistry laureate.
Hell's nomination of Shirakawa is valid.

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33 minutes ago, WEP said:

In case, Karplus death is confirmed, @ThereWillBeDeaths7 can nominate another chemistry laureate.

Hell's nomination of Shirakawa is valid.

Joachim Frank please.

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58 minutes ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

Joachim Frank please.

I habe added Frank, but Karplus is still listes as alive until I have another information...

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29 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Martin Karplus has passed away.

 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/martin-karplus-obituary?id=57162393

As posted elsewhere, an obituary for Martin Karplus. Not sure how to read it but he possibly died on January 3rd?

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1 hour ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

As posted elsewhere, an obituary for Martin Karplus. Not sure how to read it but he possibly died on January 3rd?

Thanks.

 

So for the new pool, he will be deleted, @ThereWillBeDeaths7 will go with Joachim Frank as chemistry candidate.

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Wikipedia has changed Martin Karplus date of today with the 28th of December...