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First reactions | Moungi Bawendi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 | Telephone interview
“I’m supposed to teach at 9 this morning,” say Moungi Bawendi in this call recorded in the early morning, just after the news of his 2023 Nobel Prize…
3 years ago
First reactions | Pierre Agostini, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
“My daughter called me asking, ‘Is that true, I see it on Google?’” That was how Pierre Agostini found out he had been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize i…
3 years ago
First reactions | Anne L’Huillier, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
In what was surely understatement, 2023 physics laureate Anne L’Huillier described herself as “A little bit busy” when the Nobel Prize’s Adam Smith r…
3 years ago
First reactions | Ferenc Krausz, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
Ferenc Krausz was preparing to give lab tours at his Institute when a call from Stockholm reached him at home. “I was not sure whether I was dreaming…
3 years ago
First reactions | Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
“We weren’t sure it was true!” Drew Weissman’s research partner and co-laureate Katalin Karikó called him early this morning with some incredible new…
3 years ago
First reactions | Katalin Karikó, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
The call from Stockholm woke Katalin Karikó at her home outside Philadelphia. Initially in disbelief, in this interview with Adam Smith, recorded soo…
3 years ago
Behind the scenes: Adam Smith presents more October interviews with the new Nobel Prize laureates
Each year in October, Adam Smith takes on the challenge of reaching the brand new Nobel Prize laureates for a telephone interview. In this new bonus …
3 years ago
Barry Sharpless: Nobel Prize Conversations
“If you're interested in something, you'd be amazed what interest can do.” – So says Barry Sharpless, the only living individual that has been awarde…
3 years, 3 months ago
Anton Zeilinger: Nobel Prize Conversations
”You have to reinvent yourself every couple of years. It's absolutely important. It's necessary for me to make my life interesting. Life is too short…
3 years, 3 months ago
Alain Aspect: Nobel Prize Conversations
"I settled a debate between Bohr and Einstein – which is not bad!" – Meet physicist and 2022 Nobel Prize laureate Alain Aspect, who speaks of his res…
3 years, 4 months ago