Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2024 medicine laureate Victor Ambros, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How has your childhood influenced your scientific path?  Victor Ambros: I think my childhood experiences were definitely influential in the sense that growing up on a farm in a large family you had a lot of…

Interview with the 2006 Nobel Prize laureates in physics, John C. Mather and George F. Smoot on 6 December 2006. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. John Mather, George Smoot, welcome to Stockholm. John Mather: Thank you. George Smoot: Thank you very much. When you very kindly spoke to me just after you…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry M. Stanley Whittingham on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.  Do you remember a teacher that inspired you?  M. Stanley Whittingham: Two of them in particular got me enthusiastic about science. They were so excited themselves and they really tried to teach…

Interview with the 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier, recorded in Stockholm on 12 December 2022.  Where does your passion for science come from?  Emmanuelle Charpentier: I think it’s a combination of a lot of aspects in my childhood and education, that led me to the science world. Initially, the main interest I…

Interview with the 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in physics Andrea Ghez on 12 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How has life changed since you became a laureate?  Andrea Ghez: The last two years have been very much a rollercoaster. It’s a really interesting time to win the Nobel Prize during 2020…

Interview with peace laureate Maria Ressa, September 2022 in Oslo, Norway.  Why did you decide to become a journalist?  Maria Ressa: I fell into journalism and I loved it. Part of it was the times. In 1986, People Power Revolt had just happened. Filipinos were trying to understand what that meant. The government station for…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Philip Dybvig on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Philip Dybvig: That’s a complicated question. I actually have passions for a lot of things. Close to when she passed, my mom taught me something about myself.…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Akira Yoshino on 6 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.  Do you remember a specific teacher?  Akira Yoshino: When I was in the third or fourth grade, my teacher recommended a book by Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle. It impressed…

Interview with the 2022 economic sciences laureate Douglas Diamond on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for economics come from?  Douglas Diamond: I started in high school really liking physical science. I got interested in doing research from taking an advanced biology course in high school and…

Interview with the 2019 Nobel Prize laureate in literature Peter Handke on 9 December 2019 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How does your writing process begin?  Peter Handke: I start with a feeling and images and rhythm. This is inside me. Sometimes I have a story to tell. It is always this transformation during…