Episode 14-44 Tech Nation: Nobel Prizes Explained 2014
Nov 05, 2014•1 hr
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Episode description
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of esteemed professors, who will explain each of the 2014 Nobel prizes, and why they are important.
Panel Convener
LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco
For the prize in LITERATURE
GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley
For the prize in PEACE
STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco
For the ECONOMICS prize
JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley
For two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY
CONNIE CHANG professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
For the prize in PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
JAI YU Neuroscientist, UCSF's Center for Integrative Neuroscience
Panel Convener
LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco
For the prize in LITERATURE
GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley
For the prize in PEACE
STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco
For the ECONOMICS prize
JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley
For two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY
CONNIE CHANG professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley
For the prize in PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE
JAI YU Neuroscientist, UCSF's Center for Integrative Neuroscience
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