Comments on: Americans and the Nobel prize http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: wrong http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835/comment-page-1#comment-29278 wrong Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:08:06 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835#comment-29278 Jews are about 0.23% of world poulation and about 23% of the noble winners. So they are represented 100 times as their population. Jews are about 0.23% of world poulation and about 23% of the noble winners. So they are represented 100 times as their population.

]]> By: corwin http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835/comment-page-1#comment-29120 corwin Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:11:38 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835#comment-29120 Meryl, You may not be aware but Jews are represented 22 times as frequently among Nobvel Prize winners as their population.This reminds me of a time as an UG when a young women -who was Jewish stated she thought Einstein was the brightest person of the century.I pointed out-diffedently as is my way-that most people in physics and math,and certainlynthose at the Institute for Advanced Studies consider John von Neumann to be that person.She stated I couldn't be serious and I must be anti Semitic to make that comment.The prof ,whose name was Weinberg just smiled and wiwnked .Do you know why? Meryl,
You may not be aware but Jews are represented 22 times as frequently among Nobvel Prize winners as their population.This reminds me of a time as an UG when a young women -who was Jewish stated she thought Einstein was the brightest person of the century.I pointed out-diffedently as is my way-that most people in physics and math,and certainlynthose at the Institute for Advanced Studies consider John von Neumann to be that person.She stated I couldn’t be serious and I must be anti Semitic to make that comment.The prof ,whose name was Weinberg just smiled and wiwnked .Do you know why?

]]> By: Chris L. http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835/comment-page-1#comment-29117 Chris L. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:45:56 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835#comment-29117 Probably 3 out of 3. Hurwicz looks like a variant of Horwitz/Horowitz. Probably 3 out of 3. Hurwicz looks like a variant of Horwitz/Horowitz.

]]> By: guitl http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835/comment-page-1#comment-29108 guitl Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:34:32 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835#comment-29108 Leonid Hurwicz aussi, bien entendu. Leonid Hurwicz aussi, bien entendu.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835/comment-page-1#comment-29104 Anonymous Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:13:16 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3835#comment-29104 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Hurwicz Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz (born August 21, 1917, Moscow) is Regents’ Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Minnesota and co-winner, along with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics. Hurwicz was born in 1917 to a Jewish family from Poland... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Hurwicz

Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (born August 21, 1917, Moscow) is Regents’ Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Minnesota and co-winner, along with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson, of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Hurwicz was born in 1917 to a Jewish family from Poland…

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