Martinis: Nobel committee evaluates scientific fields using specialized symposiums
John Martinis · Nobel Prize in Physics Winner: The Quantum Leap That Changed Everything - John Martinis · Oct 27, 2025 · at 44:37
John Martinis, 2025 Nobel Laureate in Physics, explains how the Nobel committee evaluates emerging scientific disciplines and potential prize recipients.
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“What happens is the Nobel system put together Nobel symposiums where they get together physicists in a certain field, which is quantum information and this kind of thing, and they give have all the scientists give talks and they want to kind of check on the vitality of the, you know, of the field. How big is it? And then, you know, also maybe some of the leaders that maybe think about it, you know, can they give a good talk? Would they be a good representative?”
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