Posted
8:09 AM
by Gene
The physics prize was awarded for a discovery with an everyday application — you may be using it now. [
Yahoo! home-page squib]
Okay -- they helped make hard drives more dense. We suspect few people know how. It is already difficult enough to explain the Dynamite Memorial science prizes. When does it become impossible?
The Li-te-rah-teeyure and Good Intentions awards long ago entered that realm.