It鈥檚 2 a.m.; the phone rings. The caller ID says Stockholm, Sweden. The voice on the other end of the line says, 鈥淐ongratulations! You鈥檝e just been awarded a Nobel Prize!鈥�
What goes through your mind in a moment like that?
Meet two people who received that life-altering call. Discover not only the incredible doors it opened for them, but the unexpected challenges that came with such a prestigious honor.
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GUESTS:
- : Along with Reinhard Genzel, she was awarded half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics 鈥渇or the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy鈥�. She is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, at the University of California, Los Angeles
- : Along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Tsien, he was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP). He is a University Professor and former chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. Prof. Chalfie is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign member of the Royal Society
Jessica Severin de Martinez, Meg Fitzgerald, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, and Meg Dalton contributed to this show.
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