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1901
2011
Prize category:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981

Kenichi Fukui, Roald Hoffmann

Interview

Interview, January 2005

Interview with Professor Roald Hoffmann by Joanna Rose, science writer, 17 January 2005.

Professor Hoffmann talks about the purpose of science; religion and science (6:42); reductionism (14:17); his interest in writing poetry (18:23); science as a source of inspiration (21:02); his interest in teaching (24:21); the key to creativity (27:10); and reactions to his poetry writing (28:41).

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37 min.
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