News from Nobelprize.org
June 26, 2009
Most regular visitors to Nobelprize.org will have come across portions of the site’s vast library of video footage of Nobel Laureates. Expanding this library to encompass as many Nobel Laureates as possible is an ongoing task, and throughout the year we continually add new content. This newsletter is devoted to highlighting some of the new interviews and documentaries that have recently been posted on the site, which you might not yet have encountered.
Always informative, and often entertaining and inspirational, the video collection on Nobelprize.org gives visitors the chance to get a little closer to the Nobel Laureates. Please let us, and others, know what you think of individual videos on the site by using the rating and comment functions embedded within the site’s Media Player.
In keeping with the Swedish tradition of taking summer vacation during the month of July, this will be the last newsletter until the end of August. Have a very enjoyable summer.
Adam Smith
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JOHN HALL, IN PARTNERSHIP
Uniquely among all the Nobel Laureates captured on video so far, John Hall asked to be interviewed jointly with his wife, Lindy, because of the essential part she plays in his achievements, including the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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WANGARI MAATHAI, IN STOCKHOLM
We caught-up with the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on her recent visit to Sweden. Here she reflects on climate change, the movement she started in Africa, the value of the Nobel Prize, and more.
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2008 NOBEL LAUREATES, IN CONVERSATION
Every year Nobel Media, in collaboration with BBC World, hosts Nobel Minds, a roundtable discussion featuring the latest crop of Nobel Laureates. Here, 2008 Nobel Laureates discuss their achievements and topical issues.
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JACK STEINBERGER, IN LINDAU
In an interview recorded last year at the annual Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates, the 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics recalls, among other things, the impact the war had on his life and career, his time with Enrico Fermi, and how, for a physicist, the key is to be the first to discover new things.
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JEAN-MARIE GUSTAVE LE CLÉZIO, HIGHLIGHTED
As well as getting the new Nobel Laureates together in conversation each year, Nobel Media also produces short documentaries on the individuals, describing their life and work, such as this feature on the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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MARTTI AHTISAARI, IN FINLAND
We recorded an interview with last year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate earlier this spring. He discussed his role in mediating conflicts the world over, and reflects on the contemporary challenges facing conflict resolution.
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RICCARDO GIACCONI, LOOKING INTO SPACE
As part of this hour-long interview, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physics describes the childlike joy of doing astronomy, and his controversial views on how to get children to follow a path into science.
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