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The mind of Nobel Prize winners

By Frank ⋅ February 17, 2008 ⋅ One comment

After hearing the excellent lecture by Angela Belcher yesterday, I decided that the topical lectures around lunch time would probably be the best place to hear some hard science. Real hard science sessions are hard to find amongst the many revolving around policy issues one way or another. So I attended the lecture by Nobel [...]

Watson Loses Cold Spring Harbor Post

By Frank ⋅ October 20, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The downfall of a legend… Turns out Nobelists are human after all.

Eric Kandel on Memory and Learning

By Frank ⋅ July 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

In the archives of Science Friday you can find an interesting interview with Nobel laureate Eric Kandel about his research on the foundations of learning and memory in the brain. Particularly interesting in this interview is the part where prof. Kandel is confronted by a caller on the standpoint that every mental process has a [...]

Nobel Museum

By Frank ⋅ July 20, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

I went to the Nobel museum in Stockholm this weekend. Pretty little museum in the centre of the Old Town. It was rather smaller than I expected, but still a must see for all sience wannabees. It breathes an atmosphere of inquisitiveness. Amongst many amusing quotes the museum also featured speeches by Nobel laureates, and [...]

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