Why Stephen Hawking never won the Nobel Prize

为什么史蒂芬·霍金从未获得诺贝尔奖

NEW DELHI: British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking never won a Nobel Prize for his remarkable work, no, not even for his discovery that 'Black Holes can die'.

新德里：英国理论物理学家史蒂芬·霍金从未因其杰出的成就获得过诺贝尔奖，即使他发现黑洞会死亡也从未获奖。

Why was this?

这是为什么呢？

Because even though his 'Black Holes are mortal' theory is now firmly accepted in theoretical physics, there was no way to verify it, wrote Timothy Ferris, author of 'The Science of Liberty', in National Geographic magazine.

《自由的科学》作者蒂莫西费里斯在《美国国家地理杂志》中写道：尽管他的“黑洞会消亡”的推测已经在理论物理学层面得到认可，但目前却无法对它进行验证。”

"The problem was that there was no way to verify the idea. Black holes are too long-lived to be observed today in their death throes," said Ferris.

费里斯说：“问题是没有办法验证这个想法。黑洞的存在时间太长了，今天还观测不到它们的垂死挣扎。”

The author added that Hawking may have won the prize if the phenomenon of Black Holes 'dying' could be observed.

这位作家补充说，如果黑洞“死亡”现象被观测到，霍金可能已经获得了奖金。

"But that won't happen for billions of years, not until the first star-size black holes start exploding," explained Ferris.

费里斯解释说：“但这数十亿年间都不可能发生，除非等到第一颗恒星大小的黑洞开始爆炸。”

A similar reason was why Peter Higgs, who postulated Higgs Boson in 1964, didn't get the vaunted Nobel for the longest time. He eventually won it in 2013 - jointly with François Englert - a year after a European research organisation CERN said they had each observed a new particle consistent with Higgs Boson.

这也是彼得·希格斯未能获得诺贝尔奖的原因。彼得·希格斯在1964年提出希格斯玻色子假想，是等待诺贝尔奖最久的人。他最终在2013年与弗兰索斯恩格勒特共同获得诺贝尔奖。此前一年，欧洲核子研究委员会称，他们观察到一个新的粒子，与希格斯玻色子一致。

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A Concerned Concerned1729  A concerned concerned-20 hours ago

He came from the Universe. He explained the Universe. He left to be part of Universe. But He would not be Lost in the Universe. For He would always be remembered!

他来自于宇宙，他解释了宇宙，他去往宇宙。但他不会在宇宙中迷失，因为他将被永远铭记。

A Concerned Concerned1729  A concerned concerned-20 hours ago

Stephen Hawking was a true testament of courage, persistence and a great contributor to Modern Cosmology. He was an inspiration for many!

史蒂芬·霍金是勇气、坚持的真正代言人，他也是为现代宇宙学做出来伟大贡献。他鼓舞了许多人。

Manoj11261  Manoj-xx-20 hours ago

Nobel is given by human beings having zero value. Hawking had God''s gift of super brain that Nobel committee couldn''t take away...

诺贝尔是由无名之辈颁发的。霍金拥有上帝赠予他的超级大脑，诺贝尔委员会是拿不走的…

Suman Kumar Suman-18 hours ago

Such a cheap topic to be published today about his non accomplishments rather than talking about his accomplishment. very poor press coverage.

今天这个新闻标题，不是谈论他的成就，而是只谈他没有成就，这种新闻太low了。

A Concerned Concerned1729  A concerned concerned-20 hours ago

Reading "A Brief History of Time" years ago reignited my interest in science, & it continues till this day after many other books on quantum physics & our universe. The human body has many limits, but you were the embodiment that the mind has none

几年前读《时间简史》，重新点燃了我对科学的兴趣，从那以后我读了很多关于量子物理学和宇宙的其他许多书。人类的身体存在许多限制，但你的思想没有疆界。