There Is Life After the Nobel Prize Audiobook Libro.fm

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One day in 1996 the neuroscientist Eric R Kandel took a call from his program officer at the National Institute of Mental Health who informed him that he had been awarded a key grant Also the officer said he and his colleagues thought Kandel would win the Nobel Prize I hope not soon Kandels wife Denise said when she heard this Sociologists had found that Nobel Prize winners often did not contribute much more to science she explained

In this book Kandel recounts his remarkable career since receiving the Nobel in 2000or his experience of proving to his wife that he was not yet completely dead intellectually Kandel relates how the Nobel Prize gave him the opportunity to reach a far larger audience which in turn allowed him to discover and pursue new directions He describes his efforts to promote public understanding of science and to put brain science and art into conversation with each other Kandel also discusses his return to Austria which he had fled as a child and observes Austrias coming to terms with the Nazi period Showcasing Kandels accomplishments erudition and wit There Is Life After the Nobel Prize is a candid account of the working life of an acclaimed scientist