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First reactions | Morten Meldal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 | Telephone interview
“Reality is much more complex than we, as chemists, are able to imagine” — In the call recorded just after he had heard that he had been awarded the …
4 years ago
First reactions | John Clauser, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 | Telephone interview
“What a waste of time, now start doing some real physics!” – As a young man, John Clauser set out to topple quantum mechanics, but all his faculty th…
4 years ago
First reactions | Anton Zeilinger, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 | Telephone interview
“It’s probably one of the most beautiful theories ever invented.” – Anton Zeilinger conveys his love for the elegant simplicity of quantum mechanics …
4 years ago
First reactions | Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 | Telephone interview
“The conclusion is, yes, quantum mechanics resists all possible attacks!” — Alain Aspect was trying to find the limit of quantum mechanics, but, as h…
4 years ago
First reactions | Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 | Telephone interview
“There were almost always other types of humans around.” In this telephone conversation recorded just after he had heard news of the award of his Nob…
4 years ago
Laureate origin stories: Adam Smith explores what factors make a Nobel Prize laureate
How do you make a Nobel Prize laureate? In this special bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, we explore the origin stories of these remarkable…
4 years ago
Maria Ressa: Nobel Prize Conversations
"We must get up, we must work like maniacs – because time is running out." Maria Ressa speaks passionately as she discusses how authoritarians exploi…
4 years, 3 months ago
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Nobel Prize Conversations
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the author of ten novels and an emeritus professor of English and postcolonial literatures at the university of Kent. He has bee…
4 years, 3 months ago
Guido Imbens: Nobel Prize Conversations
In an increasingly chaotic world, how can you learn to concentrate deeply on a single problem? Economic Sciences laureate Guido Imbens found his pow…
4 years, 3 months ago
Hartmut Michel: Nobel Prize Conversations
"If somebody tells me 'this is impossible', I always think that it still might be possible – and try to find a way around." Where would the world be,…
4 years, 3 months ago