Michael Levitt

Interview

Nobel Prize Talks: Michael Levitt

Released 2014-01-16

Computers and programming are a good fit for Michael Levitt’s “geeky” personality, as he himself describes it. In this conversation, the 2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry talks about the ever increasing computerization of the world, why you should support immigration if you want to support science, and how important it is to believe in yourself and be stubborn.


Interview, December 2013

Interview with 2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Michael Levitt, 6 December 2013.

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Nobel Minds 2013

The 2013 Nobel Laureates met at the Grünewald Hall in the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on 11 December 2013 for the traditional round-table discussion and TV program ‘Nobel Minds’. The Nobel Laureates discussed the discoveries for which they’ve been honored, how these can be applied in a practical way, and the role of science in today’s society. The discussion was hosted by Zeinab Badawi of the BBC.

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