Today the Kavli Foundation handed out a trio of Nobel-like prizes in the disciplines of astrophysics, nanotechnology, and neuroscience, as my colleague Nikhil Swaminathan described earlier today. I have just one little question: Why? What purpose is possibly served by these awards?
Does the World Really Need Another Science Prize?
Does the World Really Need Another Science…
Does the World Really Need Another Science Prize?
Today the Kavli Foundation handed out a trio of Nobel-like prizes in the disciplines of astrophysics, nanotechnology, and neuroscience, as my colleague Nikhil Swaminathan described earlier today. I have just one little question: Why? What purpose is possibly served by these awards?