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50 years of Research at the Interface of Light and Electrochemistry
Tsutomu Miyasaka/ Chemist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
From Microbial Loop to Microbial Structuring of Marine Ecosystems
Farooq Azam/ Marine Microbiologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
A Sky Full of Teachers
Laurie Anderson/ Multimedia Artist
Arts and Philosophy
Music
My Life Has Been Lucky!
Shun-ichi Amari/ Mathematical Engineer
Advanced Technology
Information Science
From Africa to a Career in the Life Sciences
Azim Surani/ Developmental Biologist
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
The Audacity of Listening
Carol Gilligan/ Psychologist
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
Commemorative Lecture and Performance
Zakir Hussain/ Tabla Player
Arts and Philosophy
Music
Cecil Taylor/ Jazz Musician
Arts and Philosophy
Music
New Medical Science Arising from iPS Cells
Shinya Yamanaka/ Medical Scientist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
A Fledgeling Subject Bridging Classical Theory and New Applications
László Lovász/ Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Meeting the World Halfway (A Johannesburg Biography)
William Kentridge/ Visual Artist
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
Enchanted Journeys in Blue Light
Isamu Akasaki/ Semiconductor Scientist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
In Charles Darwin's Footsteps
Barbara Rosemary Grant/ Evolutionary Biologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
In Charles Darwin's Footsteps
Peter Raymond Grant/ Evolutionary Biologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
Labyrinth of Ideals
Pierre Boulez/ Composer, Conductor
Arts and Philosophy
Music
The Power and Limits of Algorithms
Richard Manning Karp/ Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology
Information Science
Thinking about How Living Things Work
Anthony James Pawson/ Molecular Biologist
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
What Drove Me to Philosophy
Charles Margrave Taylor/ Philosopher
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
My Journey in Chemical Research—Learning from People and Things
Hiroo Inokuchi/ Chemist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Falling in Love with Waves
Hiroo Kanamori/ Geophysicist
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
What Moves Me
Pina Bausch/ Choreographer and Artistic Director
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
The More We Learn
Leonard Arthur Herzenberg/ Immunologist and Geneticist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
The Use of Mathematics for Deciphering the Movement of an Object: A Historical Review of the Introduction of AIC
Hirotugu Akaike/ Statistical Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
One Life, One Thread, and One Piece of Cloth: The Work of Issey Miyake
Issey Miyake/ Designer
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
A Moveable Feast
George H. Heilmeier/ Electronics Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Building on Strengths and Finding One’s Purpose
Simon Asher Levin/ Ecologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
From Marionettes to the Great Orchestras
Nikolaus Harnoncourt/ Musician
Arts and Philosophy
Music
The Center of “Why?”
Alan Curtis Kay/ Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology
Information Science
Reflections on a Life
Alfred George Knudson, Jr./ Geneticist and Physician
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
Public Space and Political Public Sphere—The Biological Roots of Two Motifs in My Thought
Jürgen Habermas/ Philosopher
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
All in the Family: The Human Side of Guiding Academic Research
George McClelland Whitesides/ Chemist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Curiosity as a Career
Eugene Newman Parker/ Physicist
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Man of Bunraku
Tamao Yoshida Ⅰ/ Bunraku Puppeteer
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
My Life and Adventures Integrating Biology and Technology
Leroy Edward Hood/ Biologist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
Spaces Beyond the Space
Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov/ Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Thinking about our Environment in the 21st Century
Tadao Ando/ Architect
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
Remembrances
Morton B. Panish/ Physical Chemist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Half a Century’s Journey in Research: Applying Physics for the Benefit of Society
Izuo Hayashi/ Physicist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
The Story of My Life and Heterostructures
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov/ Physicist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
The Marriage of Mathematics and Biology
John Maynard Smith/ Evolutional Biologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
Between Science, Music and Politics
György Ligeti/ Composer
Arts and Philosophy
Music
Stories from a Life in Interesting Times
Antony Hoare/ Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology
Information Science
The Journey of a Biologist
Walter Jakob Gehring/ Developmental Biologist
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
Critique and Conviction
Paul Ricœur/ Philosopher
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
The Science and Technology of Made Things
W. David Kingery/ Ceramic Material Scientist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
The Luck of Walter Munk
Walter H. Munk/ Oceanographer
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dance and Civilization
Maurice Béjart/ Choreographer
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
From Nature to Natural Science
Kurt Wüthrich/ Structural Biologist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
My Sixty Years along the Path of Probability Theory
Kiyosi Itô/ Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Norbert Wiener and Marshall Mcluhan: Communication Revolution
Nam June Paik/ Media artist
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
My Computer Odyssey
Stanley Mazor/ Software Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
A Few Thoughts on Computer Technology for the 21st Century
Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr./ Electronics Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
My Life in Silicon Valley: Bringing New Products into the World
Federico Faggin/ Semiconductor Engineer and Entrepreneur
Advanced Technology
Electronics
The Microprocessor and I: It All Starts with the Application
Masatoshi Shima/ Semiconductor Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Gardenification of Wildland Nature and How to Absorb the Human Footprint
Daniel Hunt Janzen/ Tropical Biologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
My Way
Iannis Xenakis/ Composer
Arts and Philosophy
Music
Digital Typography
Donald Ervin Knuth/ Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology
Information Science
The Making of a Scientist
Mario Renato Capecchi/ Molecular Geneticist
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
Tidy Parsimony
Willard Van Orman Quine/ Philosopher
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
My Life Working with Liquid Crystals—and How They Work for Us
George William Gray/ Chemist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Astrophysics and I—Motivations, Methods, and the Outline of My Research—
Chushiro Hayashi/ Astrophysicist
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
A Review of My Work Since 1961
Roy Lichtenstein/ Artist
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
To Think, to Do, to Believe
Paul Christian Lauterbur/ Chemist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
My Life with Mathematics and with Bourbaki
André Weil/ Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
My View of Movies
Akira Kurosawa/ Film Director
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
The Joy of Engineering
Jack St. Clair Kilby/ Semiconductor Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Between Shoreham and Downe: Seeking the Key to Natural Beauty
William Donald Hamilton/ Evolutionary Biologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
Life and Music
Witold Lutoslawski/ Composer
Arts and Philosophy
Music
A Computer Engineer Looks Back
Maurice Vincent Wilkes/ Computer Engineer
Advanced Technology
Information Science
“Communication” in Science
Yasutomi Nishizuka/ Biochemist
Basic Sciences
Life Sciences and Medicine
How I Became a Philosopher without Trying
Karl Raimund Popper/ Philosopher
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
The Harder One Works the More Luck One Gets
Michael Szwarc/ Macromolecular Chemist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
A Scientist by Choice
Edward Norton Lorenz/ Meteorologist
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Golden Fish
Peter Stephen Paul Brook/ Stage Director
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
Adventures with Genes
Sydney Brenner/ Molecular Biologist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
The Chimpanzee—a Living Bridge Between Man and Beast
Jane Goodall/ Primatologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
Architecture in My Experience As a Frontier Between Art and Science
Renzo Piano/ Architect
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
Creativity and Innovation in a Large System Environment: a Personal Account
Amos Edward Joel, Jr./ Telecommunication Engineer
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Two Archetypes in the Psychology of Man
Izrail Moiseevich Gelfand/ Mathematician
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
An Extended Autobiography
John Cage/ Composer
Arts and Philosophy
Music
The Logic and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
John McCarthy/ Computer Scientist
Advanced Technology
Information Science
Language and Mind: Challenges and Prospects
Avram Noam Chomsky/ Theoretical Linguist
Basic Sciences
Cognitive Science
On the Beginnings of Indian Philosophy
Paul Thieme/ Indologist
Arts and Philosophy
Thought and Ethics
Metallurgy and the Evolution of Materials Science and Engineering
Morris Cohen/ Metallurgist
Advanced Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Horizons
Jan Hendrik Oort/ Astronomer
Basic Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Observing Life Through a Camera
Andrzej Wajda/ Film Director
Arts and Philosophy
Theater, Cinema
The Exciting Potentials of Biology
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin/ Developmental Biologist
Advanced Technology
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
Keep Walking
George Evelyn Hutchinson/ Limnologist
Basic Sciences
Biological Sciences
The Road I Have Walked
Isamu Noguchi/ Sculptor
Arts and Philosophy
Arts
What Is System Theory?
Rudolf Emil Kalman/ Control Theory Scientist
Advanced Technology
Electronics
Development of Communication and Computing, and My Hobby
Claude Elwood Shannon/ Information Scientist
Basic Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Ma vie avec la foi et la musique
Olivier Messiaen/ Composer
Arts and Philosophy
Music
Pursuing Health All over the World—International Cooperation of the Medical Science
The Nobel Foundation/ Foundation
Special
The Special Commemorative Kyoto Prize