On the other hand, a 40 year wait is on the long side for the prize. Bardeen's two prizes came within 10 years of his discoveries as did Feynman, Tomonaga & Schwinger's. The prize for high temperature superconductors came in less than 5 years.

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"If it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be, but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!" - Tweedledee

This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli