First reactions | Simon Johnson, prize in economic sciences 2024 | Telephone interview
“True, genuine, inclusive democracy matters, very clearly.” Simon Johnson, economic sciences laureate 2024, learnt of the award from the congratulatory text messages piling-up on his phone. In this sh...
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First reactions | Nihon Hidankyo, Nobel Peace Prize 2024 | Telephone interview
“The dream came true!” The prize came as a big surprise, says Masako Wada, a representative from the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, which works to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. In th...
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First reactions | Han Kang, Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 | Telephone interview
”I’m so surprised and honoured.” 2024 literature laureate Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news. In this interview with the Nobel Prize, she re...
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First reactions | David Baker, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 | Telephone interview
“I got the phone call and my wife promptly started screaming.” News of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry gave David Baker’s household a very early wake up call. Here, just after the prize announcement...
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First reactions | John Jumper, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 | Telephone interview
“It’s absolutely extraordinary.” John Jumper had just heard the news of his 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry when he spoke to the Nobel Prize’s Adam Smith. “I thought I had a 10 % chance,” he reveals. To...
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First reactions | Demis Hassabis, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 | Telephone interview
“The best scientists paired with these kinds of tools will be able to do incredible things.” Demis Hassabis, 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, reflects on building the right research environment...
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First reactions | John Hopfield, Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 | Telephone interview
“You have to build up from the bottom.” In this interview shortly after the announcement, 2024 physics laureate John Hopfield talks about how he found out about the prize when he was going through his...
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First reactions | Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 | Telephone interview
“How could I be sure it wasn’t a spoof call?” 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton received the phone call from Stockholm at around 2am in a hotel room in California, and multiple Swedish accents hel...
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