tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post2868984592511871057..comments2022-06-06T03:39:47.890-07:00Comments on Complex Matters: Nobel Bets 2014Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-79590980967069471902014-10-07T04:18:40.804-07:002014-10-07T04:18:40.804-07:00Thank you and agreements with the Anonymous commen...Thank you and agreements with the Anonymous commenter who fixed my spelling of Laurens Molenkamp.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-22959613799457614812014-10-03T22:44:12.233-07:002014-10-03T22:44:12.233-07:00Another possibility is Aharonov and Berry as a bit...Another possibility is Aharonov and Berry as a bit of a precursor to this prize (the same way Veltmann and t'Hooft were awarder the prize before Gross, Wilczek, Politzer --- o r atom trapping before BEC). There are unfortunately some precursors to both Aharonov and Berry. Aharonov-Bohm (1959) was preceded by Ehrenberg-Siday (1949), which was a remarkably similar paper. And Berry (1984) was preceded by Pancharatnam (1956). Nonetheless, the later "discoveries" were still crucial because they realized the importance of the effects, which had been largely overlooked when they were discovered the first time. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-60717818024766274592014-10-03T13:09:38.866-07:002014-10-03T13:09:38.866-07:00I'm sort of hoping for case (1) (Duncan and Da...I'm sort of hoping for case (1) (Duncan and David are two of my heroes!) but expecting case (2).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com