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John Hopfield: Nobel Prize Conversations
“I’ve never been part of the gang. I was a one-man band playing little tunes.” – Meet physics laureate John Hopfield in a podcast recorded at his cot…
1 year, 3 months ago
Simon Johnson: Nobel Prize Conversations
"With the great power to invent technology comes a great responsibility." – In this lively and energetic podcast conversation, economic sciences laur…
1 year, 3 months ago
Gary Ruvkun: Nobel Prize Conversations
“When we're doing genetics, we are tapping into that mythic power of change.” — In this conversation with molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun, we discove…
1 year, 3 months ago
John Jumper: Nobel Prize Conversations
”I really love the notion of contributing something to physics.” — Chemistry laureate John Jumper has always been passionate about science and unders…
1 year, 3 months ago
Victor Ambros: Nobel Prize Conversations
“The reason why I was doing science all these years is because I just love doing it.”– Medicine laureate Victor Ambros grew up on a farm with seven s…
1 year, 3 months ago
Daron Acemoglu: Nobel Prize Conversations
"Asking is hard. Once you realise there's an interesting question to develop answers to, it is even harder." – Growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped…
1 year, 4 months ago
David Baker: Nobel Prize Conversations
"If you imagine each researcher as a kind of a neuron in the communal brain, then people call me a connection machine.” – David Baker is a true belie…
1 year, 4 months ago
James Robinson: Nobel Prize Conversations
"I just think a book can change your life." 2024 economic sciences laureate James Robinson loves books – he has about 10 000 at home. Growing up with…
1 year, 4 months ago
Geoffrey Hinton: Nobel Prize Conversations
"When we remember, what we're doing is just making up a story that sounds plausible to us. That's what memories are." Join your host Adam Smith as he…
1 year, 4 months ago
First reactions | James Robinson, prize in economic sciences 2024 | Telephone interview
“Get up, you need to get up! You’ve won the Nobel Prize.” That’s how James Robinson discovered he was a 2024 economic sciences laureate, as his wife,…
1 year, 11 months ago