German Interview with Elfriede Jelinek by freelance journalist Marika Griehsel in November, 2004. Marika Griehsel: Warum schreiben Sie? Woher nehmen Sie Ihre Inspiration? Elfriede Jelinek: Wie man es von den meisten Schriftstellern sagt: Einerseits habe ich schon als Kind immer nur gelesen und war eine Einzelgängerin, was durch meine Eltern und meine Erziehung sehr gefördert…

Read the interview Professor Giaever, welcome to us and thank you for being here with us today. When you received the prize back in 1973, you were three laureates who shared it. Ivar Giaever: Yes. You came from very different backgrounds, you hadn’t worked together. How was your reaction when you realised…

Interview transcript Professor ‘t Hooft, a key word in physics today, or one of the key words, is unification. There is a lot to talk about unification of forces, according to your mind is unification necessary? Gerardus ‘t Hooft: Usually there is a danger that one overemphasises the need for unification; it’s…