I am thrilled to see Jim Peebles honored today with a Nobel Prize. At the same time, I think the Nobel Prize is a bizarre, outdated, and extremely non-representative way to honor contributions to science. Especially in physics, where only 3 out of 212 awardees have been women.
(I am also happy for the other two winners of course! I only singled out Peebles above because I know him and his work.)
In any case, please don't get the impression that the Nobel Prize is a good way to determine who is contributing to science or how it's being done.
