2021
Transcript from an interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah
Interview
Carin Klaesson, Content Manager of Public Programs at the Nobel Prize Museum, sat down to talk to 2021 literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden on 28 April 2022. In a wide ranging conversation they spoke about his journey to the Nobel Prize. Abdulrazak Gurnah, such a pleasure sitting here together…
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Interview with Joshua Angrist, March 2022 Nobelprize.org interviewed economic sciences laureate Joshua Angrist on 21 March 2022. He told us about his aversion to studying as a youth, thoughts on teaching and friendship with co-laureate Guido Imbens. Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood? Joshua Angrist: I was born in Columbus, Ohio…
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Interview with Syukuro Manabe, March 2022 We met and interviewed physics laureate Suki Manabe on 16 March, 2022. We spoke about his endless curiosity, valuable life advice and the topic he has researched for the last six decades – climate change. Syukuro Manabe, 1997. Photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Robert P. Matthews (1997) I…
more“I wasn’t somebody who was obviously going to become a scientist”
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Interview with David MacMillan, February 2022 Nobelprize.org interviewed chemistry laureate David MacMillan in February 2022. He told us about his childhood in Scotland, how his brother’s choice to go to university inadvertently led to his career in science and his research group’s love of pranks. Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood.…
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Interview with Giorgio Parisi, February 2022 Nobelprize.org spoke to Giorgio Parisi on 18 February 2022. Our physics laureate told us about his love of reading, dancing and solving the puzzle that is our world. Could you tell us a bit about your childhood. Were you always interested in science even as a child? Giorgio Parisi…
more“I learned to have pleasure in reading simply because I love stories”
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Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah, February 2022 Nobelprize.org spoke to our 2021 literature laureate on 25 February 2022. He told us about his early days as a reader, the importance of stories and how he sees his work as the same as any other type of job. For a written version of this interview please see…
more“I found my tribe among scientists”
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Interview with Ardem Patapoutian, February 2022 On 28 February nobelprize.org spoke to medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian about his journey to the United States, what it takes to become a successful scientist and his love of playing the trumpet (even though his two cats don’t love it as much). First of all, I want to hear…
more“Most people who are doing economics who are going to be very successful are pretty nerdy”
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Interview with David Card, February 2022 On 9 February 2022, nobelprize.org spoke to economist David Card about his first job, how he copes with failure and diversity in science. You received the 2021 prize in economic sciences for your “empirical contributions to labour economics.” What was your first real job? David Card with his prize…
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Prize presentation
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ath2a5lM0cA Watch a video clip of the 2021 laureate in economic sciences, David Card, receiving his prize medal and diploma from Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter during a ceremonial presentation at the Beckman Center, National Academy of Sciences in Irvine, CA, USA on 8 December 2021.
more“We need to represent the whole diversity of all humans in science”
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Interview with Benjamin List, February 2022 On 8 February 2022, nobelprize.org spoke to chemistry laureate Benjamin List on the meaning of life and how important diversity is in science. He also told us about one of the most beautiful moments in his life – the moment he arrived at his university after finding out he…
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