Nobel Prize Dialogue
2024 Nobel Prize Concert
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
Interview – First reactions
Shortly after the prize announcement, 2024 physics laureate John Hopfield talks about how he found out about the prize when he was going through his e-mails. “It didn’t sink in until I got to the fourth e-mail!” Hopfield reflects on how to tackle big questions, such as how the mind works.
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Moments after finding out about the prize, 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton talks about the state of machine learning, the pressing need for safety research, and his hopes that the award might make people take the fears he voices more seriously.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024
Interview – First reactions
Victor Ambros speaks about the joy of basic research and the ever-expanding fascination of RNA. Recorded just after Ambros found out about the prize, we also discover how the news was broken to the new laureate by his son.
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Minutes after hearing the news, Gary Ruvkun talked about the pleasure of finding things out, the electrifying growth of the microRNA field over the years, and the benefits of taking time out.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
In her oeuvre, Han Kang confronts historical traumas and invisible sets of rules and, in each of her works, exposes the fragility of human life. She has a unique awareness of the connections between body and soul, the living and the dead, and in her poetic and experimental style has become an innovator in contemporary prose.
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Biobibliography
Interview – First reactions
Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news. In this interview, she reflects on being the first South Korean literature laureate and talks about how writers as a collective have influenced her: “All their efforts and strengths have been my inspiration.”
Book recommendations
Curious about 2024 literature laureate Han Kang but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2024
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Prize announcement
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024
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Discover more about the Nobel Prizes with the easy-to-use Nobel Prize Lessons. Watch the videos, look through the manual and slides, print the texts for students and start the class.
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In memoriam
Eendocrinologist Andrew V. Schally died on 17 October 2024. He was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain”.
Tsung Dao Lee passed away on 4 August, age 97. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”
J. Robin Warren passed away on 23 July 2024. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
Bengt Samuelsson passed away on 5 July 2024, age 90. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.