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Originally Posted by Eta C
Well, it was Nobel's will that established the prizes (aside from economics) so he got to choose the categories. And there is considerable flexibility in the criteria. ...
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It's interesting to note that whereas these days, many chemistry awards are going to biochemists, that Rutherford's prize was awarded in chemistry, even though today it would be considered physics. Arthur Kornberg's prize for the discovery of DNA polymerase was awarded in medicine, but his son Roger won the prize in chemistry for the structure of RNA polymerase. So there is a great deal of flexibility in classifying the awards.
Nick