Dear Colleagues,
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 has been awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/#.WdSIa1OtzK0.facebook
By the way, I have a question: Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics even though Mathematics is considered the basis of all other sciences?
Thank you and hoping for your insightful response.
In Mathematics field, there is a prize Fields Medal described as the mathematician's Nobel Prize.
http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/fields/details
Dear Dr.A. Awwad,
Thank you for your answer.
According to your article, " Nobel, an inventor and industrialist, did not create a prize in mathematics simply because he was not particularly interested in mathematics or theoretical science. His will speaks of prizes for those ``inventions or discoveries'' of greatest practical benefit to mankind. (Probably as a result of this language, the physics prize has been awarded for experimental work much more often than for advances in theory.) "
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