More Celebrations and More Disputes

Arild Stubhaug ()
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Arild Stubhaug: University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Gösta Mittag-Leffler, 2010, pp 533-541 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In order to increase the chances that a Nobel Prize would be awarded to Poincaré and theoretical physics, Mittag-Leffler thought it would be beneficial if the 1909 prize went to someone in a highly practical field. He therefore asked Painlevé whether he thought it possible to award the Nobel Prize for the invention of the airplane – and if so, whether it ought to go to the American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright or to the Frenchman Henri Farman, or to all three. After several weeks he received an enthusiastic reply from Painlevé, who was delighted (enchanté) by the idea of awarding the 1909 prize for “aviation.” Painlevé had personally flown with Farman, who had just set a French record for flying and had won the “Grand prix d’aviation.” Painlevé had even spoken before the French national assembly to urge for the allocation of larger sums for the development of airplanes.

Keywords: Nobel Prize; Stockholm College; Honorary Doctor; Nobel Committee; Pure Thought (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11672-8_65

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