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Roderick MacKinnon

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

Interview

Interview with the 2003 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon by Joanna Rose, science writer, 9 December 2003.

The Laureates talk about what it is like to be a scientist; how a discovery is made (1:47); the discovery of the channels (6:02); how details are important in science (15:26); the relation between science and society (19:00); the responsibility of scientists (21:22); and the joy of working in a laboratory (26:52).
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