No instant formula for science prize success

There is a fine line between students who admire scientists such as Albert Einstein and Madame Curie and those whose main purpose of study and research is to ultimately win a Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal or a Turing Award.

The prize-driven students are likely to be less happy in their studies since they always have their eyes on the prize. In fact, they are not going to be happy until they seize the prize.

However, since the number of international awards is so small, most of these prize-chasers are doomed to be frustrated in their quest.