Martin Luther King Jr. won Nobel Peace Prize at 35. |
"they" say, but what, exactly, is "young"? A look at the
ages of Nobel Prize winners indicates that our most
productive, creative, and effective years are our
late 30s ~ give or take, depending on the area of
specialization: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/big-breakthroughs-come-in-your-late-30s/283858/
And if you don't believe it, here's a partial list of
Nobel Prize winners over the years by age:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/age.html
Marie Curie won Nobel for Physics at 36. |
At 88, Doris Lessing is, so far, the oldest winner of a Nobel in Literature. |
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