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From: kst@thomsoft.com (Keith Thompson)
Subject: Re: Ethics in programming
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 01:29:39 GMT
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In <KODIS.95Nov16150721@daacdev1.stx.com> kodis@daacdev1.stx.com (John Kodis) writes:
> I had wondered why there wasn't a Nobel Prize in mathematics (yes, I
> was a mathematics major).  One of my professors explained that it was
> because Dr. Nobel's wife had had an affair with a French mathematician, 
> whos name I cannot recall.  But after all these years, he might have
> gotten over it.

That's apparently an urban legend.  According to the sci.math FAQ,
Mr. Nobel was never married.  Probably the real reasons are that he
didn't care much for mathematics, and that there was already a well
known Scandinavian prize for mathematicians.

For more information, see
<http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sci-math-faq/nobel/faq.html>

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