Flora Lichtman
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first heard Apr 2026
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I know you're interested in in the humanities, too.
I have to ask, how many languages do you speak?
That's a lot.
You mentioned also Yiddish and you seem to have a flair for languages.
I mean, do you see that interest as separate from your scientific interests or do they connect in some way?
You know, reading your Nobel biography, it almost reads like fiction, just the number of experiences you've had, traveling across Europe, sleeping on farms, off-road motorcycling, taking care of horses.
Do you feel like your life could have gone in many different directions?
Let's fast forward to your career in science.
So you work at the intersection of biology and chemistry and engineering.
Did you have to carve that niche out?
It's timing, but it's also you saw the opportunity.
Well, I mean, I wonder if that's sort of key to success.
You know, you were often out front as one of the few women working in your institution or your department.
You are one of eight women to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Going back to your taxi days, did you ever feel like you needed to hide your hair under your hat in your scientific career?
That's really interesting to me.
I mean, partly just also in the way you think about the power of language, right?
Like, I think scientists are often very careful in the way that they talk.
Not a lot of metaphors.
Yes, a lot of caveats.
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