Why is there no nobel prize for mathematics? I mean, there is a nobel prize for economic sciences … which barely qualify as "science" imho.
I heard some anecdote about Nobel's wife cheating with some mathematician. But somehow, this does not sound serious.
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There is.
I'd argue the Abel prize is closer to being a Nobel prize for maths. The reason there is no Nobel prize for maths is because Nobel did not think it helped humanity, at least not directly.
Alfred Nobel was cucked by a mathematician.
The fields medal is hardly a nobel prize. The money you get is peanuts, compared to the funding you get for a nobel prize.
But he had the opinion that economic sciences do? That seems strange, even most capitalists do not believe this.
the prize in economics was added many years later
This.
Who added it?
the central bank of sweden. it was first given in 1969.