Nobel per la fisica e strafalcioni

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Date: 1999/10/14

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http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991012/ts/nobel_leadall_3.html

   Dutch Duo, Egyptian Win Nobel Science Prizes

   By Mariam
Isa

   STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Dutch physicists and an
Egyptian-born
   chemist won Nobel science prizes Tuesday for pioneering work
that
   could lead to the development of new medicines and
super-computers
   that can crack military
codes.

   Ahmed Zewail, who holds both U.S. and Egyptian citizenship,
was
   awarded the Nobel Chemistry prize for research that makes it
possible
   to watch atoms in slow motion during incredibly fast
chemical

reactions.

   Dutchmen Martinus Veltman and his disciple Gerardus 't Hooft
received
   the Nobel Physics prize for putting old theories on particle
physics
   -- the study of units that make up atoms -- on a firm
mathematical

foundation.

   ``I see the borders between physics and chemistry merging, the
fields
   are converging,'' Erling Norrby, secretary-general of the Royal
   Swedish Academy of Sciences, told
reporters.

   ``The science is changing because we can use high resolutions to
look
   at things more in detail,'' he told
reporters.

....


   New Generation Of Quantum Computers
Possible

   The work of the Dutch physicists could help pave the way for a
new
   generation of ``quantum computers'' that can do within days tasks
that


   There is concern this could include cracking U.S. military
codes,
   giving outsiders a chance to meddle with nuclear
weapons.

   Veltman, a retired professor born in 1931, told Dutch radio that
his
   pioneering work, which dates back to 1970, turned particle physics
on
   its head but had little day-to-day
value.

   ``The social benefit of my theory is absolutely nil -- you won't
eat
   any more or less as a result,'' said Veltman, who like 't Hooft was
a
   professor at Utrecht University in the
Netherlands.



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