Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
Nobel Laureates
Zhores I. Alferov; Vice President, Russian Academy of Sciences; Nobel Laureate
in Physics: "Scientific
Discovery and the Information Age," 4/11/05
video
Steven Chu;
Nobel Laureate in Physics and Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied
Physics, Stanford University: "A
Scientist's Random Walk," 2/13/04
video
Shirin Ebadi; 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: "The
Struggle for Human Rights in Iran," 5/10/06
video
Robert
William Fogel ; 1993 Nobel Laureate in Economics: "Economic
History," 11/16/04
Dudley Herschbach; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry; Frank B. Baird, Jr.,
Professor of Science, Harvard University: "Science
and Society," 9/29/05
video
Daniel Kahneman;
2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Eugene Higgens Professor of Psychology,
Princeton: "Intuition
and Rationality," 2/7/07
Lederman, Leon; Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate: "A Life in Science," 10/15/09
Kenzaburo Oe;
1994 Nobel Laureate in Literature: "Art
and Healing," 4/16/99
Pamuk, Orhan; Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature: "Finding an Authentic Voice," 11/6/09
Linus Pauling;
Nobel Laureate: "The Peace Movement
in Historical Perspective," 1/18/83
Amartya Sen; Lamont University Professor, Harvard University and
1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics: "Reflectons
on Theory in the Social Sciences," 3/4/05
video
Wole Soyinka; 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature: "Writing,
Theater Arts, and Political Activism," 4/16/98
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Charles H. Townes; Nobel Laureate and Professor of the Graduate School,
UC Berkeley: "Adventures
of a Scientist," 2/15/00
video
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