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The Nobel committee sometimes needs a little help--- look how long it took them to recognize Nambu. Also, they seem to have nationalism issues, they seem to be a little prejudiced sometimes against Europeans. If you could sit on the room, who would you nominate, and for what?

One nomination per answer.

My answer would have been: Chew and Mandelstam for the development of the S-matrix theory of the strong interactions. This would do a lot of good to the field of particle physics, and time is running out. Other fundamental contributors are already dead.

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This might be something to take up in the chat room, but not here. – David Zaslavsky♦ Aug 21 '11 at 21:25
I think Maldacena will eventually get it, but not until AdS/CFT has had many more real-world successes. – Mitchell Porter Aug 22 '11 at 2:24
Maldacena should get it, but can't because Chew and Mandelstam are still alive. – Ron Maimon Aug 22 '11 at 15:46

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