Manfred Eigen

Interview

Interview, December 2001

Interview with Manfred Eigen by Hans Jörnvall at the meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, June 2000.

Manfred Eigen talks about becoming a scientist and his early experiments; studying extremely fast reactions (7:08); how he was tipped off about his Nobel Prize (12:42); exploring evolution (16:44); and problems concerning industrial support of science (23:15).

Transcript of the Interview with Manfred Eigen

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