Nobel Prize Conversations “That’s a little bit like everything else in life. Some things work, some things don’t work. The important is to continue going and to enjoy the good things that are happening.” What are the benefits of creating a diverse laboratory? In this podcast episode with physicist Anne L’Huillier, we speak about the…

Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. The host for this podcast is Adam Smith. Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2023 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2022 laureates Nobel Prize Conversations – with the 2021 laureates Nobel Prize…

Nobel Prize Conversations “I think science, like sports and culture, can play a really unique role to bring together different nations, bring together different cultures, disassemble boundaries and  borders between countries, between different cultures. I think science can make a huge contribution there” Meet 2023 physics laureate Ferenc Krausz in an in-depth conversation with podcast…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Ferenc Krausz on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Ferenc Krausz: It always fascinated me to enter into a world which is not known to humans, and where we have the chance to discover…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Pierre Agostini on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where did your passion for science come from? Pierre Agostini: I think research is the thing that attracted me to science because before that I didn’t have such an interest. Experiments; doing experiments…

Iwas born in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, Germany in 1952. My parents and I lived in an apartment right above the physics laboratories of the University, where my father was an instructor. I also started elementary school there. In 1960 my parents moved to southwestern Germany, to the idyllic Black Forest town of Freiburg, bordering…

Percy W. Bridgman receiving his Nobel Prize from the hands of King Gustav V of Sweden, 10 December 1946.

Roger Penrose was born on August 8th, 1931 in Colchester, Essex, England. His father Lionel Sharples Penrose FRS was a distinguished medically trained scientist, who worked primarily on human genetics, studying mainly the genetic origins of numerous mental conditions, particularly the issue of Downs Syndrome. He had earlier, in around 1920, studied psychoanalysis, travelling to…

Interview with the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Anne L’Huillier on 6 December 2023 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What inspired your passion for science? Anne L’Huillier: I don’t know exactly, it’s a very long time ago, but I was very much inspired by my grandfather on my mother’s side, who was…

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