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Interview

J. Michael Kosterlitz talks about the artefact he brought to the Nobel Museum; what brought him to his research field (1:52); topology (4:42); practical applications of his work (11:30) and about persons who have inspired him (12:37). Interview transcript Michael Kosterlitz: Hello? Adam Smith: Hello, my…

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Banquet speech

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen When I was a teenager I learned to play the trumpet. Music became my passion. Then, when I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it – for the challenge of its…

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Interview

Interview transcript William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori and Barry Sharpless, my congratulations for this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. And also welcome to this Nobel interview. All three of you are organic chemists and this means that you are looking into the chemistry of life. How would you describe the work of an…

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Interview

Interview transcript William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori and Barry Sharpless, my congratulations for this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. And also welcome to this Nobel interview. All three of you are organic chemists and this means that you are looking into the chemistry of life. How would you describe the work of an…

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Interview

Interview transcript William Knowles, Ryoji Noyori and Barry Sharpless, my congratulations for this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. And also welcome to this Nobel interview. All three of you are organic chemists and this means that you are looking into the chemistry of life. How would you describe the work of an…

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